Color

#5eaed9

#5eaed9
hex#5eaed9
rgbrgb(94, 174, 217)
hslhsl(201, 62%, 61%)
oklchoklch(0.717 0.101 234.1)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3766

Colors that go with #5eaed9

Charcoal, Peru and Amber 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#d9895e

#5ed9c7 · #5e70d9

#d95eae · #aed95e

Split-complementary

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#d95e70 · #d9c75e

#c75ed9 · #d9895e · #70d95e

Contrast

#5eaed9 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.46:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #287ca9 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #1e5e80 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.07:1)
Aaon black
8.53:1passpasspassPasses 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 #5eaed9 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#5eaed9 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #5eaed9
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #5eaed9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/5eaed9-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md