Color
#217dc0
#217dc0rgb(33, 125, 192)hsl(205, 71%, 44%)oklch(0.571 0.132 245.8)Colors that go with #217dc0
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 #217dc0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #217dc0 — 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 #217dc0 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 #217dc0 in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #217dc0, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #217dc0: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #217dc0: 9 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #217dc0: 8 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #217dc0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #217dc0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.41:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.76:1 | 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 #217dc0 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Wiredprimary · #057dbc · Δ1.107
- Hershey'saccent · #007bbd · Δ1.296
- NASCARaccent · #007ac2 · Δ1.451
- Olympicsprimary · #0081c8 · Δ1.55
- Hondaaccent · #337ab7 · Δ1.628
- Dollar Generalaccent · #2a77bd · Δ1.637
- American Expressprimary · #2e77bc · Δ1.679
- Astroprimary · #3178c6 · Δ1.97
- FedExaccent · #007ab7 · Δ1.974
Fonts for this mood
#217dc0 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 #217dc0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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