Color
#059ed6
#059ed6rgb(5, 158, 214)hsl(196, 95%, 43%)oklch(0.658 0.135 232.9)Colors that go with #059ed6
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #059ed6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #059ed6: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #059ed6 in 8 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #059ed6, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #059ed6: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #059ed6 in 4 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #059ed6 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #059ed6: 14 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #059ed6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #059ed6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #059ed6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#059ed6 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 #059ed6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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