Color
#198ecc
#198eccrgb(25, 142, 204)hsl(201, 78%, 45%)oklch(0.616 0.133 239.4)Colors that go with #198ecc
Charcoal, Red 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 #198ecc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
split-complementshippedRed is a split-complement of #198ecc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #198ecc 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 #198ecc in 9 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #198ecc, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #198ecc: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #198ecc in 6 real palettes, including Retro Pop and State Farm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #198ecc: 7 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #198ecc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #198ecc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.63:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.78:1 | 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 #198ecc 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
#198ecc 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 #198ecc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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