Color
#235bd1
#235bd1rgb(35, 91, 209)hsl(221, 71%, 48%)oklch(0.508 0.192 262.6)Colors that go with #235bd1
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #235bd1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #235bd1 in 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #235bd1, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #235bd1: 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #235bd1 in 18 real palettes, including Foot Locker's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #235bd1: 8 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #235bd1: 8 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #235bd1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #235bd1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #235bd1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.02:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.49:1 | 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 #235bd1 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#235bd1 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 #235bd1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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