Color
#281b8d
#281b8drgb(40, 27, 141)hsl(247, 68%, 33%)oklch(0.335 0.175 276.4)Colors that go with #281b8d
Steel Blue, Blue and Charcoal 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #281b8d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #281b8d, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #281b8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #281b8d in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #281b8d: 4 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Bank of America's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #281b8d in 5 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Nivea's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #281b8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #281b8d: 3 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Purina Pro Plan's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #281b8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #281b8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.63:1 | 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 #281b8d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#281b8d 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 #281b8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/281b8d-a59cc4-dfaa4e-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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