Color
#016ac6
#016ac6rgb(1, 106, 198)hsl(208, 99%, 39%)oklch(0.527 0.165 253.5)Colors that go with #016ac6
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 #016ac6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #016ac6 — 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 #016ac6 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 #016ac6 in 10 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #016ac6, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #016ac6: 13 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #016ac6: 7 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #016ac6: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #016ac6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #016ac6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.41:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.88:1 | 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 #016ac6 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Linkedinsecondary · #0a66c2 · Δ1.157
- PlanetScaleaccent · #0b6ec5 · Δ1.198
- Appleaccent · #0066cc · Δ1.496
- Dysonaccent · #0066cc · Δ1.496
- Unileveraccent · #0066cc · Δ1.496
- American Expressaccent · #006fcf · Δ1.842
- KLMsecondary · #0070c2 · Δ1.844
- Intelsecondary · #0071c5 · Δ1.953
- Pizza Hutaccent · #266dcc · Δ1.992
Fonts for this mood
#016ac6 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 #016ac6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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