Color
#288aeb
#288aebrgb(40, 138, 235)hsl(210, 83%, 54%)oklch(0.628 0.17 252.5)Colors that go with #288aeb
Charcoal, Copper 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 #288aeb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #288aeb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #288aeb in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #288aeb in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Remix's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #288aeb in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and PlanetScale's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #288aeb — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #288aeb in 3 real palettes, including Terminal and Console Light, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #288aeb in 3 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Telehealth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #288aeb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #288aeb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.93:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #288aeb as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#288aeb 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 #288aeb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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