Color
#196df5
#196df5rgb(25, 109, 245)hsl(217, 92%, 53%)oklch(0.571 0.218 260.4)Colors that go with #196df5
Crimson, Copper and Orange Red 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.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #196df5 — 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 #196df5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #196df5 in 5 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #196df5 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Studio Grey, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #196df5 in 5 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #196df5 in 3 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Dropbox's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #196df5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #196df5 in 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #196df5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #196df5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.55:1 | 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 #196df5 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#196df5 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 #196df5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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