Color
#168be3
#168be3rgb(22, 139, 227)hsl(206, 82%, 49%)oklch(0.622 0.163 248.5)Colors that go with #168be3
Charcoal, Crimson and Copper 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 #168be3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #168be3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #168be3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #168be3 in 14 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #168be3, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #168be3: 10 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Carrefour's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #168be3 in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #168be3: 9 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Telegram's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #168be3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #168be3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.6:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.84:1 | 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 #168be3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#168be3 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 #168be3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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