Learning App
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Color
#40abed
#40abed
hex
#40abedrgb
rgb(64, 171, 237)hsl
hsl(203, 83%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.709 0.136 240.1)Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3633
Colors that go with #40abed
Charcoal, Peru 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #40abed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #40abed 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 #40abed in 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #40abed, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #40abed in 5 real palettes, including Learning App and Elastic's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40abed: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #40abed in 4 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Miro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #40abed in 4 real palettes, including Terminal and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #40abed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40abed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.54:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.27:1 | 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 #40abed as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#40abed reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #40abed
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #40abed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/40abed-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md