Color
#186eb9
#186eb9rgb(24, 110, 185)hsl(208, 77%, 41%)oklch(0.53 0.141 250.5)Colors that go with #186eb9
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #186eb9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #186eb9 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #186eb9 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 #186eb9 in 9 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #186eb9, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #186eb9: 13 real palettes, including General Mills's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #186eb9: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #186eb9: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #186eb9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #186eb9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.29:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.97:1 | 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 #186eb9 as the background.
Brands using this color
- State Farmaccent · #0a70bc · Δ0.697
- Venmoaccent · #0070ba · Δ0.735
- LEGOaccent · #006db7 · Δ0.852
- KLMsecondary · #0070c2 · Δ1.46
- The New York Timessecondary · #346eb7 · Δ1.707
- Skechersaccent · #1973c1 · Δ1.752
- AT&Tsecondary · #0072b2 · Δ1.806
- General Millsaccent · #0074c1 · Δ1.875
- PlanetScaleaccent · #0b6ec5 · Δ1.894
- Intelsecondary · #0071c5 · Δ1.924
Fonts for this mood
#186eb9 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 #186eb9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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