Color
#1784ba
#1784bargb(23, 132, 186)hsl(200, 78%, 41%)oklch(0.582 0.122 237.6)Colors that go with #1784ba
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 #1784ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #1784ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #1784ba's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #1784ba 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 #1784ba in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #1784ba, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #1784ba: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #1784ba: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1784ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1784ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.16:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.05:1 | 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 #1784ba as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#1784ba 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 #1784ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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