Color
#255ec1
#255ec1rgb(37, 94, 193)hsl(218, 68%, 45%)oklch(0.503 0.167 260.6)Colors that go with #255ec1
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #255ec1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #255ec1 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #255ec1 in 8 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #255ec1, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #255ec1: 8 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #255ec1: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #255ec1: 7 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #255ec1: 8 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #255ec1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #255ec1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.09:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.45:1 | 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 #255ec1 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Campbell'saccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Coca-Colaaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Guinnessaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Heinzaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Hingeaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Jack Daniel'sprimary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- L'Oréalaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Maybellineaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Netflixaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Nikonsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Paramount+primary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Pixarsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Starlinksecondary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Ulta Beautysecondary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Victoria's Secretaccent · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Warner Bros.secondary · #3860be · Δ1.823
- Chaseprimary · #045cbb · Δ1.95
Fonts for this mood
#255ec1 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 #255ec1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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