Color
#281aa8
#281aa8rgb(40, 26, 168)hsl(246, 73%, 38%)oklch(0.365 0.207 273.4)Colors that go with #281aa8
Blue, Charcoal and Cornflower 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #281aa8, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #281aa8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #281aa8: 4 real palettes, including Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #281aa8 in 5 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #281aa8: 4 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #281aa8 in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Intercom's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #281aa8 in 9 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Discord's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #281aa8's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #281aa8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #281aa8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.64:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.8:1 | 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 #281aa8 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#281aa8 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 #281aa8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/281aa8-a59cc4-dfa74e-271f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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