Color
#1c28ce
#1c28cergb(28, 40, 206)hsl(236, 76%, 46%)oklch(0.42 0.243 267.4)Colors that go with #1c28ce
Charcoal, Crimson and Cornflower 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 #1c28ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #1c28ce — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #1c28ce: 5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #1c28ce: 6 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #1c28ce: 6 real palettes, including Cargo's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #1c28ce in 4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #1c28ce, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #1c28ce in 10 real palettes, including Intercom's brand system and Doordash's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1c28ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c28ce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.36:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.24:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #1c28ce as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#1c28ce 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 #1c28ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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