Color
#289ae2
#289ae2rgb(40, 154, 226)hsl(203, 76%, 52%)oklch(0.659 0.144 242.5)Colors that go with #289ae2
Charcoal, Orange Red and Deep Sky 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 #289ae2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
split-complementshippedOrange Red is a split-complement of #289ae2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #289ae2 in 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Remix's brand system — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #289ae2 in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Plaid's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #289ae2 in 8 real palettes, including Retool's brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Bronze #cd7f32
complementaryBronze sits directly opposite #289ae2 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 #289ae2 in 3 real palettes, including Heatwave and Beach Hut, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #289ae2 in 3 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #289ae2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #289ae2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.81:1 | 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 #289ae2 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#289ae2 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 #289ae2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/289ae2-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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