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Color
#28aef6
#28aef6
hex
#28aef6rgb
rgb(40, 174, 246)hsl
hsl(201, 92%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.715 0.15 239)Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3738
Colors that go with #28aef6
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 #28aef6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
complementaryshippedDark Orange sits directly opposite #28aef6 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 #28aef6 in 6 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #28aef6, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #28aef6: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #28aef6 in 4 real palettes, including Terminal and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #28aef6, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #28aef6 in 7 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #28aef6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28aef6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.48:1 | 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 #28aef6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#28aef6 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #28aef6
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 #28aef6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/28aef6-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-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