Color
#257dcb
#257dcbrgb(37, 125, 203)hsl(208, 69%, 47%)oklch(0.578 0.145 250)Colors that go with #257dcb
Charcoal, Copper 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 #257dcb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #257dcb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Telehealth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #257dcb in 3 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #257dcb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #257dcb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.31:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.87:1 | 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 #257dcb as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#257dcb 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 #257dcb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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