Color
#40a5ed
#40a5edrgb(64, 165, 237)hsl(205, 83%, 59%)oklch(0.695 0.14 243.7)Colors that go with #40a5ed
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Peru 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 #40a5ed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #40a5ed — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #40a5ed 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 #40a5ed in 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #40a5ed, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #40a5ed in 5 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40a5ed: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #40a5ed in 4 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #40a5ed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40a5ed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.68:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.82:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #40a5ed as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#40a5ed reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #40a5ed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40a5ed-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?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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