Color
#281ca6
#281ca6rgb(40, 28, 166)hsl(245, 71%, 38%)oklch(0.365 0.204 273.5)Colors that go with #281ca6
Steel Blue, Blue and Crimson 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 #281ca6'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 Procter & Gamble's brand system and Pfizer's brand system put Blue beside #281ca6, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #281ca6 in 6 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #281ca6: 5 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #281ca6: 4 real palettes, including 3M's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #281ca6 in 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #281ca6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #281ca6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #281ca6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #281ca6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.62:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.81:1 | 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 #281ca6 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
#281ca6 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 #281ca6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/281ca6-a49cc4-dfa54e-261f2d-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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