Console Light
Open in tool →A sober docs palette: one blue for interactive, one green for success, zinc greys for everything else.
Color
#285ee6
#285ee6
hex
#285ee6rgb
rgb(40, 94, 230)hsl
hsl(223, 79%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.533 0.214 264)Closest name: Bluetiful (#3c69e7)Relative luminance 0.1417
Colors that go with #285ee6
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 #285ee6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #285ee6 — 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 #285ee6 in 7 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #285ee6, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #285ee6: 10 real palettes, including NHL's brand system and Nivea's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #285ee6: 8 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #285ee6: 6 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 #285ee6: 6 real palettes, including OnePlus's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #285ee6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #285ee6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.48:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.83:1 | 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 #285ee6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Slate Workspace
Open in tool →Slate on slate with a single blue — the productivity-app look where the interface disappears behind the work.
Telehealth
Open in tool →Friendly blue with a soft tint and a green all-clear — approachable care with a tech backbone.
Fonts for this mood
#285ee6 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #285ee6
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #285ee6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/285ee6-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md