Color
#28759f
#28759frgb(40, 117, 159)hsl(201, 60%, 39%)oklch(0.535 0.099 237)Colors that go with #28759f
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal Blue 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 #28759f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #28759f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #28759f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #28759f in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #28759f: 7 real palettes, including Glacier and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #28759f: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #28759f: 5 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #28759f in 4 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #28759f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28759f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.14:1 | 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 #28759f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#28759f 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 #28759f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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