Color
#05389e
#05389ergb(5, 56, 158)hsl(220, 94%, 32%)oklch(0.387 0.173 262.3)Colors that go with #05389e
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 #05389e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #05389e — 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 #05389e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Procter & Gamble's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #05389e, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #05389e: 12 real palettes, including Warbyparker's brand system and Unilever's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped15 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #05389e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #05389e in 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #05389e in 4 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and 3M's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #05389e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05389e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.17:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.07:1 | 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 #05389e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#05389e 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 #05389e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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