Glacier
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Color
#1277bf
#1277bf
hex
#1277bfrgb
rgb(18, 119, 191)hsl
hsl(205, 83%, 41%)oklch
oklch(0.554 0.14 247.1)Closest name: Haddock’s Sweater (#277aba)Relative luminance 0.1708
Colors that go with #1277bf
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #1277bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #1277bf — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #1277bf 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 #1277bf in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #1277bf, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #1277bf: 12 real palettes, including General Mills's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #1277bf: 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #1277bf: 7 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #1277bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1277bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.42:1 | 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 #1277bf as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1277bf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1277bf
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #1277bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1277bf-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md