Color
#285ccc
#285cccrgb(40, 92, 204)hsl(221, 67%, 48%)oklch(0.508 0.183 262.9)Colors that go with #285ccc
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #285ccc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #285ccc in 7 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #285ccc, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #285ccc: 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #285ccc in 13 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #285ccc: 6 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #285ccc: 6 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #285ccc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #285ccc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285ccc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.01:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.49:1 | 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 #285ccc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#285ccc 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 #285ccc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/285ccc-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?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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