Color

#3bafed

#3bafed
hex#3bafed
rgbrgb(59, 175, 237)
hslhsl(201, 83%, 58%)
oklchoklch(0.717 0.135 236.9)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.377

Colors that go with #3bafed

Charcoal, Dark Orange 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ed793b

#3bedd2 · #3b56ed

#ed3baf · #afed3b

Split-complementary

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#ed3b56 · #edd23b

#d23bed · #ed793b · #56ed3b

Contrast

#3bafed as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.46:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #117cb6 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #0d5c87 as the text (7.25:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.08:1)
Aaon black
8.54:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3bafed as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#3bafed reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #3bafed
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #3bafed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/3bafed-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md