Color
#0261d4
#0261d4rgb(2, 97, 212)hsl(213, 98%, 42%)oklch(0.518 0.193 258.3)Colors that go with #0261d4
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 #0261d4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #0261d4 — 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 #0261d4 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 #0261d4 in 9 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #0261d4, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0261d4: 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0261d4: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #0261d4: 8 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #0261d4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0261d4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.66:1 | 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 #0261d4 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Boxprimary · #0061d5 · Δ0.158
- Boxsecondary · #0061d5 · Δ0.158
- YouTubeaccent · #065fd4 · Δ0.485
- Stravaaccent · #0060d0 · Δ0.675
- Philipssecondary · #0b5ed7 · Δ0.878
- Postmanaccent · #0265d2 · Δ1.084
- Nissanaccent · #005fcc · Δ1.339
- HashiCorpprimary · #2264d6 · Δ1.593
- HashiCorpaccent · #2264d6 · Δ1.593
- NBAsecondary · #0268d6 · Δ1.804
- Appleaccent · #0066cc · Δ1.842
- Dysonaccent · #0066cc · Δ1.842
- Unileveraccent · #0066cc · Δ1.842
- Fitbitsecondary · #1967d2 · Δ1.875
- Squaresecondary · #005ad9 · Δ1.913
- ElevenLabsaccent · #0a59d2 · Δ1.957
Fonts for this mood
#0261d4 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 #0261d4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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