Color
#036aaa
#036aaargb(3, 106, 170)hsl(203, 97%, 34%)oklch(0.508 0.129 245.9)Colors that go with #036aaa
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber 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 #036aaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #036aaa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #036aaa in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #036aaa in 5 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and CVS's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #036aaa in 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #036aaa in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #036aaa in 9 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #036aaa in 5 real palettes, including PlanetScale's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #036aaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #036aaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.65:1 | 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 #036aaa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#036aaa 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 #036aaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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