Color
#249dd6
#249dd6rgb(36, 157, 214)hsl(199, 71%, 49%)oklch(0.659 0.131 235.4)Colors that go with #249dd6
Charcoal, Orange Red and Amber 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 #249dd6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
split-complementshippedOrange Red is a split-complement of #249dd6: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #249dd6 in 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #249dd6 in 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #249dd6 in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #249dd6 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #249dd6 in 12 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #249dd6 in 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #249dd6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #249dd6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #249dd6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#249dd6 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 #249dd6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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