Color
#316ca0
#316ca0rgb(49, 108, 160)hsl(208, 53%, 41%)oklch(0.517 0.103 247.9)Colors that go with #316ca0
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #316ca0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #316ca0 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #316ca0 in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #316ca0: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #316ca0: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #316ca0: 4 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #316ca0 in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Indigo SaaS, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #316ca0, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #316ca0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #316ca0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.78:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #316ca0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#316ca0 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 #316ca0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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