Color
#149bcc
#149bccrgb(20, 155, 204)hsl(196, 82%, 44%)oklch(0.647 0.126 230.5)Colors that go with #149bcc
Charcoal, Amber and Cobalt Blue 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 #149bcc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #149bcc in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Heatwave, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #149bcc in 5 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #149bcc in 9 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Dusk, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #149bcc in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #149bcc in 7 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Substack's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #149bcc in 4 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Still Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Chocolate #d2691e
complementaryChocolate sits directly opposite #149bcc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #149bcc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #149bcc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.19:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.59:1 | 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 #149bcc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#149bcc 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 #149bcc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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