Color
#080bc4
#080bc4rgb(8, 11, 196)hsl(239, 92%, 40%)oklch(0.378 0.252 265.1)Colors that go with #080bc4
Charcoal, Crimson and Midnight 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 #080bc4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #080bc4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #080bc4 in 4 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Sketch's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #080bc4 in 5 real palettes, including Intercom's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #080bc4 in 8 real palettes, including BBC's brand system and Dropbox's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #080bc4's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #080bc4 in 7 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #080bc4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #080bc4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #080bc4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.86:1 | 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 #080bc4 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#080bc4 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 #080bc4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/080bc4-a09cc4-df964e-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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