Color

#3d8bb3

#3d8bb3
hex#3d8bb3
rgbrgb(61, 139, 179)
hslhsl(200, 49%, 47%)
oklchoklch(0.605 0.097 234)
Closest name: steelblue (#4682b4)Relative luminance 0.2271

Colors that go with #3d8bb3

Charcoal, Copper and Royal 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#b3643d

#3db39f · #3d51b3

#b33d8b · #8bb33d

Split-complementary

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#b33d51 · #b39f3d

#9f3db3 · #b3643d · #51b33d

Contrast

#3d8bb3 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.79:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #377da0 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #285c76 as the text (7.28:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (4.59:1)
Aaon black
5.54:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #549fc4 as the text (7.13:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3d8bb3 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

#3d8bb3 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #3d8bb3
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 #3d8bb3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/3d8bb3-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md