Color
#105bcb
#105bcbrgb(16, 91, 203)hsl(216, 85%, 43%)oklch(0.5 0.187 259.7)Colors that go with #105bcb
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 #105bcb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #105bcb — 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 #105bcb in 7 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #105bcb in 13 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Zillow's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #105bcb in 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #105bcb in 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #105bcb in 5 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #105bcb in 5 real palettes, including Nissan's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #105bcb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #105bcb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.21:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.38:1 | 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 #105bcb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#105bcb 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 #105bcb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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