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Color
#1a668e
#1a668e
hex
#1a668ergb
rgb(26, 102, 142)hsl
hsl(201, 69%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.485 0.095 237.3)Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.1168
Colors that go with #1a668e
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal Blue 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 #1a668e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #1a668e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #1a668e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #1a668e 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 #1a668e in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #1a668e, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #1a668e: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #1a668e: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1a668e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1a668e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.3:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.34:1 | 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 #1a668e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1a668e reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1a668e
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 #1a668e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1a668e-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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