#8bced5 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	1.77:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #317e87 as the text (4.7:1) AAA: use #245f65 as the text (7.24:1) AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.64:1) AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.15:1)
Aaon black	11.89:1	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 #8bced5 as the background.

Brands using this color

Ubersecondary · #9dcdd6 · Δ1.967

Fonts for this mood

#8bced5 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8bced5

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #8bced5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8bced5-a2b8be-df4e86-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md