Color
#242acc
#242accrgb(36, 42, 204)hsl(238, 70%, 47%)oklch(0.423 0.237 269)Colors that go with #242acc
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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 #242acc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #242acc's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #242acc: 6 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #242acc in 9 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #242acc: 9 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #242acc: 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 #242acc 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 Purina Pro Plan's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #242acc, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #242acc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #242acc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.22:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.28:1 | 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 #242acc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#242acc 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 #242acc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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