Color
#285bf6
#285bf6rgb(40, 91, 246)hsl(225, 92%, 56%)oklch(0.542 0.237 265)Colors that go with #285bf6
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber 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 #285bf6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #285bf6 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #285bf6 in 5 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #285bf6, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #285bf6: 7 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and NHL's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #285bf6: 7 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #285bf6: 5 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #285bf6: 7 real palettes, including OnePlus's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #285bf6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285bf6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.36:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.92:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #285bf6 as the background.
Brands using this color
- OnePlusaccent · #2660f5 · Δ1.074
- Robloxprimary · #345cfc · Δ1.393
- Grafana Labsprimary · #1b55f5 · Δ1.691
- Grafana Labsaccent · #1b55f5 · Δ1.691
- Dockersecondary · #2560ff · Δ1.746
- Toyotaaccent · #145fff · Δ1.75
- Zoomprimary · #0b5cff · Δ1.799
- Zoomsecondary · #0b5cff · Δ1.799
- Niveasecondary · #0f60ff · Δ1.897
- Chasesecondary · #0060f0 · Δ1.908
- Ciscosecondary · #0a60ff · Δ1.951
Fonts for this mood
#285bf6 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 #285bf6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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