#196ebe as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.23:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #145999 as the text (7.2:1)
Aaon black	4.02:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #1b78d0 as the text (4.64:1) AAA: use #4a9ce8 as the text (7.21:1) AA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (4.59:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #196ebe as the background.

Brands using this color

PlanetScaleaccent · #0b6ec5 · Δ1.144

Fonts for this mood

#196ebe reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #196ebe

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #196ebe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/196ebe-9cacc4-df4e4e-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md