Color

#049ecd

#049ecd
hex#049ecd
rgbrgb(4, 158, 205)
hslhsl(194, 96%, 41%)
oklchoklch(0.653 0.127 228.3)
Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.2889

Colors that go with #049ecd

Charcoal, Tomato 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.

Real palettes that use #049ecd

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cd3304

#04cd97 · #043acd

#cd049e · #9ecd04

Split-complementary

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#cd043a · #cd9704

#9704cd · #cd3304 · #3acd04

Contrast

#049ecd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.1:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #037fa5 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #03607d as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (4.57:1)
Aaon black
6.78:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #04a2d2 as the text (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #049ecd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#049ecd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #049ecd
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #049ecd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/049ecd-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md