Color
#226cce
#226ccergb(34, 108, 206)hsl(214, 72%, 47%)oklch(0.542 0.168 257.3)Colors that go with #226cce
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #226cce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #226cce — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #226cce 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 #226cce in 11 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped17 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #226cce, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #226cce: 13 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #226cce: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #226cce: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #226cce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #226cce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.12:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.1:1 | 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 #226cce as the background.
Brands using this color
- Pizza Hutaccent · #266dcc · Δ0.505
- American Expressaccent · #006fcf · Δ1.177
- Subarusecondary · #1971d4 · Δ1.486
- Fitbitsecondary · #1967d2 · Δ1.642
- Wikipediasecondary · #3366cc · Δ1.72
- PlanetScaleaccent · #0b6ec5 · Δ1.804
- Dellaccent · #0672cb · Δ1.818
- Khan Academyaccent · #0069d6 · Δ1.945
- Foot Lockeraccent · #036ad8 · Δ1.974
Fonts for this mood
#226cce 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 #226cce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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