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Color
#226491
#226491
hex
#226491rgb
rgb(34, 100, 145)hsl
hsl(204, 62%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.484 0.098 242.7)Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.115
Colors that go with #226491
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sienna 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 #226491: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #226491'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 #226491 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 #226491 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #226491, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #226491: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #226491: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #226491 in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Costco's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #226491
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #226491 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.36:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.3:1 | 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 #226491 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#226491 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #226491
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 #226491 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/226491-9cafc4-df4e5a-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