Color
#116aa2
#116aa2rgb(17, 106, 162)hsl(203, 81%, 35%)oklch(0.505 0.117 243.7)Colors that go with #116aa2
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #116aa2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #116aa2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #116aa2 in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #116aa2: 5 real palettes, including Glacier and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #116aa2: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #116aa2 in 11 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #116aa2: 4 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #116aa2: 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Beach Hut, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #116aa2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #116aa2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.82:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.61:1 | 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 #116aa2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#116aa2 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 #116aa2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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