Color
#245cd6
#245cd6rgb(36, 92, 214)hsl(221, 71%, 49%)oklch(0.515 0.197 262.9)Colors that go with #245cd6
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 #245cd6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #245cd6 in 9 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #245cd6, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #245cd6: 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #245cd6 in 18 real palettes, including Foot Locker's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #245cd6: 9 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #245cd6: 8 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Coursera's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #245cd6's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #245cd6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #245cd6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.58:1 | 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 #245cd6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#245cd6 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 #245cd6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/245cd6-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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