Named color
Continental Waters
#98c6cbrgb(152, 198, 203)hsl(186, 33%, 70%)oklch(0.796 0.049 204.5)Continental Waters on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Continental Waters
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Copper 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 Continental Waters: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite Continental Waters on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Continental Waters: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Continental Waters in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Continental Waters: 6 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Continental Waters: 5 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Telehealth and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside Continental Waters, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with Continental Waters — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use Continental Waters
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Continental Waters as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.28:1 | 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 Continental Waters as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Continental Waters reads as cool, muted, light. 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.
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