Color

#285b86

#285b86
hex#285b86
rgbrgb(40, 91, 134)
hslhsl(207, 54%, 34%)
oklchoklch(0.457 0.089 246.8)
Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.0965

Colors that go with #285b86

Crimson, 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#865228

#288681 · #282d86

#86285b · #5b8628

Split-complementary

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#86282d · #868128

#812886 · #865228 · #2d8628

Contrast

#285b86 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.17:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.93:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3579b1 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #5e9ccf as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cfcfcf (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ffffff (7.17:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #285b86 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#285b86 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #285b86
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #285b86 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/285b86-9cadc4-df4e53-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md