Color
#309fbb
#309fbbrgb(48, 159, 187)hsl(192, 59%, 46%)oklch(0.653 0.104 218.7)Colors that go with #309fbb
Charcoal, Orange Red 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 #309fbb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #309fbb 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 #309fbb in 6 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #309fbb: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #309fbb in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #309fbb: 4 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #309fbb: 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #309fbb, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #309fbb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #309fbb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.09:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.8:1 | 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 #309fbb 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
#309fbb 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 #309fbb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/309fbb-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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