Color
#279ece
#279ecergb(39, 158, 206)hsl(197, 68%, 48%)oklch(0.658 0.122 230.9)Colors that go with #279ece
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #279ece: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #279ece in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #279ece in 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #279ece in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Riot Games's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #279ece in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #279ece in 4 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #279ece in 12 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #279ece: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #279ece
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #279ece as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.87:1 | 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 #279ece as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#279ece 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 #279ece and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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