Color
#3c4e80
#3c4e80rgb(60, 78, 128)hsl(224, 36%, 37%)oklch(0.433 0.086 267.8)Colors that go with #3c4e80
Steel Blue, Blue and Cornflower 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #3c4e80's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #3c4e80, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #3c4e80: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3c4e80 in 9 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #3c4e80: 12 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #3c4e80: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #3c4e80 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #3c4e80: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #3c4e80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3c4e80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.1:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.59:1 | 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 #3c4e80 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
#3c4e80 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 #3c4e80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3c4e80-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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