Color
#409cb0
#409cb0rgb(64, 156, 176)hsl(191, 47%, 47%)oklch(0.646 0.091 214.5)Colors that go with #409cb0
Charcoal, Orange Red and Cobalt 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 #409cb0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #409cb0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #409cb0: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #409cb0: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #409cb0 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #409cb0: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #409cb0: 8 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #409cb0, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #409cb0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #409cb0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.18:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #409cb0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#409cb0 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 #409cb0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/409cb0-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?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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