Color
#09538b
#09538brgb(9, 83, 139)hsl(206, 88%, 29%)oklch(0.432 0.113 248.6)Colors that go with #09538b
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 #09538b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #09538b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #09538b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #09538b 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 #09538b in 4 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #09538b, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #09538b: 6 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #09538b in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #09538b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #09538b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.01:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.62:1 | 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 #09538b 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
#09538b 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 #09538b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/09538b-9caec4-df4e56-1f212d-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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