Color
#1661da
#1661dargb(22, 97, 218)hsl(217, 82%, 47%)oklch(0.525 0.199 260.3)Colors that go with #1661da
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 #1661da: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #1661da — 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 #1661da in 9 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #1661da, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #1661da: 14 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Nokia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #1661da: 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #1661da: 8 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #1661da: 8 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1661da
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1661da as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.76:1 | 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 #1661da as the background.
Brands using this color
- Philipssecondary · #0b5ed7 · Δ1.03
- Boxprimary · #0061d5 · Δ1.037
- Boxsecondary · #0061d5 · Δ1.037
- HashiCorpprimary · #2264d6 · Δ1.225
- HashiCorpaccent · #2264d6 · Δ1.225
- YouTubeaccent · #065fd4 · Δ1.239
- 1passwordaccent · #145fe4 · Δ1.621
- Postmanaccent · #0265d2 · Δ1.676
- Stravaaccent · #0060d0 · Δ1.763
- Loomprimary · #1868db · Δ1.779
- Loomsecondary · #1868db · Δ1.779
- NBAsecondary · #0268d6 · Δ1.861
- GitHubaccent · #0969da · Δ1.947
- Squaresecondary · #005ad9 · Δ1.994
Fonts for this mood
#1661da 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 #1661da and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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