Color
#022aca
#022acargb(2, 42, 202)hsl(228, 98%, 40%)oklch(0.412 0.241 264.2)Colors that go with #022aca
Charcoal, Crimson and Steel 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 #022aca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #022aca — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #022aca's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #022aca: 5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #022aca: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Pixar's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #022aca: 6 real palettes, including Absolut's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #022aca in 4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #022aca, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #022aca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #022aca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.6:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.19:1 | 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 #022aca 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
#022aca 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 #022aca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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