Color
#012def
#012defrgb(1, 45, 239)hsl(229, 99%, 47%)oklch(0.459 0.279 264.2)Colors that go with #012def
Slate Gray, Olive Green and Charcoal 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.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #012def in 4 real palettes, including Campus and Indigo SaaS, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #012def on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #012def: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #012def — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #012def in 3 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #012def in 3 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Blue Mono, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementSienna is a split-complement of #012def: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #012def in two real palettes: Monzo's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #012def
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #012def as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.01:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.62:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #012def as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#012def 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 #012def and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/012def-9c9fc4-df7e4e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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