Color
#428abd
#428abdrgb(66, 138, 189)hsl(205, 48%, 50%)oklch(0.61 0.106 242.2)Colors that go with #428abd
Charcoal, Copper 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 #428abd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #428abd 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 #428abd in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #428abd in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Sapphire & Gold, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #428abd in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #428abd in 6 real palettes, including Still Water and Notion's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #428abd in 3 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #428abd in 3 real palettes, including Glacier and Fintech Trust, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #428abd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #428abd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.75:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.6:1 | 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 #428abd 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
#428abd 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 #428abd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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