Color
#3a80cf
#3a80cfrgb(58, 128, 207)hsl(212, 61%, 52%)oklch(0.594 0.14 253.5)Colors that go with #3a80cf
Charcoal, Copper 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 #3a80cf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #3a80cf 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 #3a80cf in 12 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #3a80cf, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3a80cf: 10 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and General Mills's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3a80cf in 17 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #3a80cf: 9 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Telegram's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #3a80cf: 5 real palettes, including Honda's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #3a80cf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3a80cf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.17:1 | 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 #3a80cf 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
#3a80cf reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #3a80cf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3a80cf-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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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