Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Color
#3a87f2
#3a87f2
hex
#3a87f2rgb
rgb(58, 135, 242)hsl
hsl(215, 88%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.631 0.178 257.5)Closest name: dodgerblue (#1e90ff)Relative luminance 0.2464
Colors that go with #3a87f2
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 #3a87f2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #3a87f2 — 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 #3a87f2 in 11 real palettes, including Heatwave and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #3a87f2, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3a87f2: 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 #3a87f2 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 #3a87f2: 9 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #3a87f2: 16 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #3a87f2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3a87f2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.93:1 | 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 #3a87f2 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#3a87f2 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #3a87f2
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 #3a87f2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/3a87f2-9ca8c4-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.
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