Color
#014c8e
#014c8ergb(1, 76, 142)hsl(208, 99%, 28%)oklch(0.416 0.127 252.7)Colors that go with #014c8e
Charcoal, Crimson and Blue 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 #014c8e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #014c8e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #014c8e, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #014c8e: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped13 real palettes, including First Snow and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #014c8e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #014c8e in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Tumblr's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #014c8e: 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Glacier, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #014c8e in 14 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Motorola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #014c8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #014c8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.66:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.43:1 | 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 #014c8e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#014c8e reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #014c8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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