Color
#246ca3
#246ca3rgb(36, 108, 163)hsl(206, 64%, 39%)oklch(0.514 0.112 245.8)Colors that go with #246ca3
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 #246ca3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #246ca3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #246ca3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #246ca3 in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #246ca3: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #246ca3: 4 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #246ca3 in 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #246ca3, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #246ca3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #246ca3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.75:1 | 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 #246ca3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#246ca3 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 #246ca3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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