Color
#277dd3
#277dd3rgb(39, 125, 211)hsl(210, 69%, 49%)oklch(0.584 0.154 252.4)Colors that go with #277dd3
Charcoal, Crimson and Copper 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 #277dd3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #277dd3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #277dd3 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 #277dd3 in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #277dd3, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #277dd3: 9 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and General Mills's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #277dd3: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #277dd3: 5 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #277dd3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #277dd3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.23:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.96:1 | 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 #277dd3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#277dd3 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 #277dd3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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