Color
#285d95
#285d95rgb(40, 93, 149)hsl(211, 58%, 37%)oklch(0.471 0.107 252.2)Colors that go with #285d95
Charcoal, Crimson and Sea Green 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 #285d95: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #285d95 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #285d95 — 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 #285d95 in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #285d95 in 5 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #285d95 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #285d95 in 10 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #285d95 in 11 real palettes, including Motorola's brand system and Carrefour's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #285d95
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285d95 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.8:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.09:1 | 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 #285d95 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#285d95 reads as cool, modern. 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 #285d95 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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