Color

#0836bf

#0836bf
hex#0836bf
rgbrgb(8, 54, 191)
hslhsl(225, 92%, 39%)
oklchoklch(0.418 0.216 264.1)
Closest name: Blue Hour (#0034ab)Relative luminance 0.0645

Colors that go with #0836bf

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bf9108

#0891bf · #3608bf

#bf0836 · #36bf08

Split-complementary

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#bf3608 · #91bf08

#bf0891 · #bf9108 · #08bf36

Contrast

#0836bf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.17:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.29:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3b6af7 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #7193f9 as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0836bf 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

#0836bf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #0836bf
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #0836bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/0836bf-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md