Color
#0857aa
#0857aargb(8, 87, 170)hsl(211, 91%, 35%)oklch(0.464 0.15 255.4)Colors that go with #0857aa
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #0857aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #0857aa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0857aa in 6 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #0857aa, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0857aa: 4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #0857aa: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #0857aa in 4 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #0857aa in 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #0857aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0857aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.11:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.95:1 | 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 #0857aa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0857aa 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 #0857aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0857aa-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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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