Color
#165eda
#165edargb(22, 94, 218)hsl(218, 82%, 47%)oklch(0.519 0.202 260.9)Colors that go with #165eda
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 #165eda: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #165eda — 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 #165eda in 7 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #165eda in 12 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Pixar's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #165eda in 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #165eda in 6 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #165eda in 6 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Coursera's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #165eda in 5 real palettes, including Nissan's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #165eda
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #165eda as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.65:1 | 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 #165eda as the background.
Brands using this color
- Philipssecondary · #0b5ed7 · Δ0.619
- YouTubeaccent · #065fd4 · Δ1.092
- Boxprimary · #0061d5 · Δ1.185
- Boxsecondary · #0061d5 · Δ1.185
- Squaresecondary · #005ad9 · Δ1.326
- 1passwordaccent · #145fe4 · Δ1.55
- Stravaaccent · #0060d0 · Δ1.764
- HashiCorpprimary · #2264d6 · Δ1.851
- HashiCorpaccent · #2264d6 · Δ1.851
- ElevenLabsaccent · #0a59d2 · Δ1.879
Fonts for this mood
#165eda 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 #165eda and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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