Color
#286ed7
#286ed7rgb(40, 110, 215)hsl(216, 69%, 50%)oklch(0.554 0.176 258.9)Colors that go with #286ed7
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 #286ed7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #286ed7 — 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 #286ed7 in 9 real palettes, including Walmart's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including BBC's brand system and EA's brand system put Blue beside #286ed7, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #286ed7: 10 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #286ed7: 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #286ed7: 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #286ed7: 6 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #286ed7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #286ed7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.3:1 | 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 #286ed7 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#286ed7 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 #286ed7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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