Color
#0280bb
#0280bbrgb(2, 128, 187)hsl(199, 98%, 37%)oklch(0.571 0.129 239.4)Colors that go with #0280bb
Charcoal, Crimson and Copper 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 #0280bb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #0280bb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #0280bb 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 #0280bb in 8 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #0280bb, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #0280bb: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0280bb: 6 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0280bb: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #0280bb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0280bb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.81:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0280bb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0280bb 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 #0280bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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