Color
#3b4597
#3b4597rgb(59, 69, 151)hsl(233, 44%, 41%)oklch(0.429 0.133 274.1)Colors that go with #3b4597
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel Blue 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 #3b4597: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #3b4597 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #3b4597's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #3b4597, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #3b4597: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3b4597 in 12 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #3b4597: 5 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped18 real palettes, including First Snow and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #3b4597, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #3b4597
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3b4597 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.45:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3b4597 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
#3b4597 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 #3b4597 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3b4597-9c9cc4-df884e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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