Color
#3b72ba
#3b72bargb(59, 114, 186)hsl(214, 52%, 48%)oklch(0.55 0.127 256)Colors that go with #3b72ba
Charcoal, Sea Green and Sienna 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 #3b72ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #3b72ba — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #3b72ba 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 #3b72ba in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #3b72ba, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3b72ba: 11 real palettes, including General Mills's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #3b72ba: 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3b72ba in 17 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and NASCAR's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #3b72ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3b72ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.3:1 | 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 #3b72ba as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#3b72ba 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 #3b72ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3b72ba-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-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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