Campus
Open in tool →Institutional blue with a highlighter-amber accent — trustworthy for parents, lively enough for students.
Color
#164ae3
#164ae3
hex
#164ae3rgb
rgb(22, 74, 227)hsl
hsl(225, 82%, 49%)oklch
oklch(0.49 0.236 264.3)Closest name: C64 Blue (#003aff)Relative luminance 0.1061
Colors that go with #164ae3
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 #164ae3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #164ae3 — 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 #164ae3 in 7 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #164ae3: 10 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #164ae3: 5 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #164ae3: 11 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and OnePlus's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #164ae3: 5 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #164ae3 in 6 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Console Light, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #164ae3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #164ae3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.72:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.12:1 | 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 #164ae3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Peacock
Open in tool →Teal, cobalt and magenta at full chroma on white — jewel tones in daylight; the trick is a near-black text with a blue cast.
Fonts for this mood
#164ae3 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #164ae3
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 #164ae3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/164ae3-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?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