Color
#08489b
#08489brgb(8, 72, 155)hsl(214, 90%, 32%)oklch(0.418 0.148 258.1)Colors that go with #08489b
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #08489b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #08489b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #08489b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #08489b, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #08489b: 4 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #08489b, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #08489b in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Soundcloud's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #08489b in 14 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and NHL's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #08489b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #08489b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.71:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.41:1 | 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 #08489b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#08489b 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 #08489b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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