Color
#285ea4
#285ea4rgb(40, 94, 164)hsl(214, 61%, 40%)oklch(0.483 0.126 256.2)Colors that go with #285ea4
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 #285ea4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #285ea4 — 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 #285ea4 — 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 #285ea4 in 7 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #285ea4, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #285ea4: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #285ea4: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #285ea4: 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Cobalt Pop, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #285ea4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285ea4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.51:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.23:1 | 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 #285ea4 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#285ea4 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 #285ea4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/285ea4-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?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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