Color
#05086b
#05086brgb(5, 8, 107)hsl(238, 91%, 22%)oklch(0.25 0.158 266.2)Colors that go with #05086b
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 #05086b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #05086b — 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 #05086b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #05086b: 8 real palettes, including Glacier and Purina Pro Plan's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #05086b: 9 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and British Airways's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #05086b in 7 real palettes, including Spectrum's brand system and Discord's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #05086b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #05086b: 3 real palettes, including Glacier and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #05086b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05086b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.75:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.25:1 | 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 #05086b 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
#05086b reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #05086b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/05086b-9f9cc4-df944e-251f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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