Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#0873ba
#0873ba
hex
#0873bargb
rgb(8, 115, 186)hsl
hsl(204, 92%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.54 0.139 246.9)Closest name: Brilliant Blue (#0075b3)Relative luminance 0.1586
Colors that go with #0873ba
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #0873ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #0873ba — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #0873ba 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 #0873ba in 9 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #0873ba, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0873ba: 11 real palettes, including General Mills's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0873ba: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0873ba: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #0873ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0873ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.03:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.17:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0873ba as the background.
Brands using this color
- Venmoaccent · #0070ba · Δ0.915
- State Farmaccent · #0a70bc · Δ0.955
- General Millsaccent · #0074c1 · Δ1.079
- Skechersaccent · #1973c1 · Δ1.264
- AT&Tsecondary · #0072b2 · Δ1.298
- Linkedinprimary · #0073b1 · Δ1.466
- KLMsecondary · #0070c2 · Δ1.646
- LEGOaccent · #006db7 · Δ1.763
- Capital Oneaccent · #0276b1 · Δ1.815
- Intelsecondary · #0071c5 · Δ1.911
- Dollar Generalaccent · #2a77bd · Δ1.997
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0873ba reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0873ba
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #0873ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0873ba-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md