Color
#285dfb
#285dfbrgb(40, 93, 251)hsl(225, 96%, 57%)oklch(0.55 0.241 264.8)Colors that go with #285dfb
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 #285dfb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #285dfb — 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 #285dfb in 5 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #285dfb in 10 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Signal's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #285dfb in 8 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #285dfb in 7 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #285dfb in 5 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #285dfb in 6 real palettes, including OnePlus's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #285dfb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285dfb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.19:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.05:1 | 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 #285dfb as the background.
Brands using this color
- Dockersecondary · #2560ff · Δ0.879
- Robloxprimary · #345cfc · Δ0.895
- OnePlusaccent · #2660f5 · Δ1.092
- Toyotaaccent · #145fff · Δ1.122
- Niveasecondary · #0f60ff · Δ1.281
- Ciscosecondary · #0a60ff · Δ1.376
- IBMsecondary · #0f62fe · Δ1.403
- Zoomprimary · #0b5cff · Δ1.457
- Zoomsecondary · #0b5cff · Δ1.457
- Dropboxsecondary · #0061fe · Δ1.552
- Dropboxprimary · #0061ff · Δ1.594
- IBMaccent · #0062fe · Δ1.624
- Bosesecondary · #005bff · Δ1.784
Fonts for this mood
#285dfb 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 #285dfb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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