Color
#4ecdc4
#4ecdc4rgb(78, 205, 196)hsl(176, 56%, 55%)oklch(0.776 0.112 188.5)Colors that go with #4ecdc4
Charcoal, Light Coral and 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 #4ecdc4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #4ecdc4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #4ecdc4, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4ecdc4 in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #4ecdc4's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #4ecdc4: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #4ecdc4 in 6 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #4ecdc4, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #4ecdc4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4ecdc4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.93:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.85:1 | 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 #4ecdc4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #4ecdc4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4ecdc4-a2bdbe-d4599d-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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