Color
#146bb8
#146bb8rgb(20, 107, 184)hsl(208, 80%, 40%)oklch(0.521 0.143 251.3)Colors that go with #146bb8
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 #146bb8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #146bb8 — 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 #146bb8 in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and BBC's brand system put Blue beside #146bb8, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #146bb8: 10 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and General Mills's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #146bb8: 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #146bb8: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #146bb8: 6 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #146bb8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #146bb8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.49:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.82:1 | 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 #146bb8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#146bb8 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 #146bb8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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