Color
#4ec6ef
#4ec6efrgb(78, 198, 239)hsl(195, 83%, 62%)oklch(0.776 0.12 224.4)Colors that go with #4ec6ef
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Midnight Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4ec6ef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #4ec6ef on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Telehealth and Kraken's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4ec6ef, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #4ec6ef in 4 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #4ec6ef: 5 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Audible's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #4ec6ef in 7 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #4ec6ef in 11 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Boeing's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Raycast's brand system put Tomato beside #4ec6ef, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #4ec6ef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4ec6ef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.97:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.65:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4ec6ef as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4ec6ef reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #4ec6ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4ec6ef-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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