Color
#042eb9
#042eb9rgb(4, 46, 185)hsl(226, 96%, 37%)oklch(0.398 0.218 264.1)Colors that go with #042eb9
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 #042eb9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #042eb9 — 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 #042eb9'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 #042eb9: 6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Qualcomm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #042eb9: 9 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #042eb9: 6 real palettes, including Absolut's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Air France's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #042eb9, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #042eb9 in 9 real palettes, including Intercom's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #042eb9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #042eb9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.02:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.1:1 | 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 #042eb9 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
#042eb9 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 #042eb9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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