Color
#309bab
#309babrgb(48, 155, 171)hsl(188, 56%, 43%)oklch(0.637 0.096 209.5)Colors that go with #309bab
Charcoal, Orange Red and Copper 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 #309bab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #309bab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #309bab: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #309bab in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #309bab: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #309bab: 9 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #309bab in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #309bab, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #309bab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #309bab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.4:1 | 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 #309bab as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#309bab reads as cool, modern. 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 #309bab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/309bab-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?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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