Color
#0685bc
#0685bcrgb(6, 133, 188)hsl(198, 94%, 38%)oklch(0.584 0.126 236.8)Colors that go with #0685bc
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 #0685bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #0685bc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #0685bc's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #0685bc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0685bc in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #0685bc, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0685bc: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0685bc: 6 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #0685bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0685bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.09:1 | 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 #0685bc 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
#0685bc 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 #0685bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0685bc-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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