Color
#09496c
#09496crgb(9, 73, 108)hsl(201, 85%, 23%)oklch(0.387 0.084 240)Colors that go with #09496c
Crimson, Royal Blue and Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #09496c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #09496c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #09496c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #09496c, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #09496c: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #09496c: 19 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #09496c in 5 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Neon's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #09496c: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #09496c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #09496c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.18:1 | 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 #09496c 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
#09496c reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #09496c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/09496c-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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