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Color
#28aef0
#28aef0
hex
#28aef0rgb
rgb(40, 174, 240)hsl
hsl(200, 87%, 55%)oklch
oklch(0.712 0.144 236.7)Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3701
Colors that go with #28aef0
Charcoal, Dark Orange 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 #28aef0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
complementaryshippedDark Orange sits directly opposite #28aef0 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 #28aef0 in 5 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #28aef0, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #28aef0: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #28aef0 in 4 real palettes, including Terminal and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #28aef0, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #28aef0 in 6 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #28aef0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28aef0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.4:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #28aef0 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#28aef0 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #28aef0
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 #28aef0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/28aef0-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?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