Color
#0a8fdb
#0a8fdbrgb(10, 143, 219)hsl(202, 91%, 45%)oklch(0.626 0.151 243.6)Colors that go with #0a8fdb
Charcoal, Orange Red and Copper 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 #0a8fdb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
split-complementshippedOrange Red is a split-complement of #0a8fdb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #0a8fdb 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 #0a8fdb in 13 real palettes, including Heatwave and Google's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #0a8fdb, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0a8fdb: 9 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and General Mills's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0a8fdb in 9 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #0a8fdb in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #0a8fdb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0a8fdb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.52:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.96:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0a8fdb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0a8fdb 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 #0a8fdb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0a8fdb-9cb1c4-df4e5f-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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