Color
#005fa3
#005fa3rgb(0, 95, 163)hsl(205, 100%, 32%)oklch(0.477 0.132 249.3)Colors that go with #005fa3
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #005fa3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #005fa3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #005fa3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #005fa3 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #005fa3, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #005fa3: 4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #005fa3: 5 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #005fa3: 6 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #005fa3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #005fa3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.63:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #005fa3 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Ikeaaccent · #045ca4 · Δ0.888
- Costcosecondary · #005daa · Δ1.341
- Costcoaccent · #005dab · Δ1.487
- Slackprimary · #1264a3 · Δ1.661
- Slackaccent · #1264a3 · Δ1.661
- Dairy Queensecondary · #005baa · Δ1.716
- Amazonaccent · #2162a1 · Δ1.745
- Dutch Brosaccent · #005f98 · Δ1.802
- Dutch Brossecondary · #006098 · Δ1.874
- American Expresssecondary · #005dae · Δ1.94
Fonts for this mood
#005fa3 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 #005fa3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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