Color
#259dbb
#259dbbrgb(37, 157, 187)hsl(192, 67%, 44%)oklch(0.646 0.108 219.4)Colors that go with #259dbb
Charcoal, Amber and Midnight 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 #259dbb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #259dbb in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #259dbb in 6 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Plaid's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #259dbb in 4 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #259dbb in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Ink Wash, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #259dbb in 10 real palettes, including Still Water and Retool's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Chocolate #d2691e
complementaryChocolate sits directly opposite #259dbb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #259dbb in 3 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Glacier, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #259dbb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #259dbb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.62:1 | 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 #259dbb 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
#259dbb 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 #259dbb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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