Color
#26499c
#26499crgb(38, 73, 156)hsl(222, 61%, 38%)oklch(0.429 0.142 264.1)Colors that go with #26499c
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #26499c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #26499c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #26499c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #26499c in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #26499c in 5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #26499c in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #26499c in 11 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #26499c in 5 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #26499c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #26499c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.52:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #26499c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#26499c 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 #26499c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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