Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Color
#1986fa
#1986fa
hex
#1986fargb
rgb(25, 134, 250)hsl
hsl(211, 96%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.627 0.196 255)Closest name: Azure (#007fff)Relative luminance 0.2416
Colors that go with #1986fa
Charcoal, Crimson and Copper 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 #1986fa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #1986fa — 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 #1986fa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #1986fa in 7 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #1986fa in 7 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #1986fa in 6 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Astro's brand system — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #1986fa in 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Square's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #1986fa in 5 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #1986fa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1986fa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.6:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.83:1 | 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 #1986fa as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1986fa reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1986fa
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #1986fa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1986fa-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md