Color
#079fb6
#079fb6rgb(7, 159, 182)hsl(188, 93%, 37%)oklch(0.646 0.112 212.8)Colors that go with #079fb6
Charcoal, Orange Red 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.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #079fb6 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 #079fb6 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #079fb6: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #079fb6 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #079fb6: 4 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #079fb6: 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #079fb6, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #079fb6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #079fb6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.16:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.64:1 | 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 #079fb6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#079fb6 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 #079fb6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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