Arctic
Open in tool →Navy type on white with an ice-blue accent: crisp and corporate without going grey.
Color
#25a1ef
#25a1ef
hex
#25a1efrgb
rgb(37, 161, 239)hsl
hsl(203, 86%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.681 0.154 243)Closest name: Fresh Blue of Bel Air (#069af3)Relative luminance 0.3212
Colors that go with #25a1ef
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Tomato 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 #25a1ef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #25a1ef — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #25a1ef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #25a1ef in 9 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #25a1ef, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #25a1ef in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #25a1ef: 9 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #25a1ef in 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Disney's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #25a1ef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #25a1ef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.83:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.42:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #25a1ef as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#25a1ef reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #25a1ef
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #25a1ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/25a1ef-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md