Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Color
#3a85ee
#3a85ee
hex
#3a85eergb
rgb(58, 133, 238)hsl
hsl(215, 84%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.624 0.175 257.6)Closest name: dodgerblue (#1e90ff)Relative luminance 0.2385
Colors that go with #3a85ee
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #3a85ee: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #3a85ee — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #3a85ee 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 #3a85ee in 11 real palettes, including Heatwave and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #3a85ee, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3a85ee: 8 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #3a85ee in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #3a85ee: 9 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #3a85ee
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3a85ee as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.77:1 | 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 #3a85ee as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#3a85ee reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #3a85ee
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 #3a85ee and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/3a85ee-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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