Color

#1836dc

#1836dc
hex#1836dc
rgbrgb(24, 54, 220)
hslhsl(231, 80%, 48%)
oklchoklch(0.453 0.248 266)
Closest name: Brutally Blue (#0022dd)Relative luminance 0.08

Colors that go with #1836dc

Charcoal, Sea Green 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#dcbf18

#1898dc · #5d18dc

#dc1836 · #36dc18

Split-complementary

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#dc5d18 · #98dc18

#dc1898 · #dcbf18 · #18dc5d

Contrast

#1836dc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.08:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.6:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5168ec as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #7e90f1 as the text (7.15:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (7.09:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #1836dc as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#1836dc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #1836dc
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #1836dc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1836dc-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md