Color
#428ebd
#428ebdrgb(66, 142, 189)hsl(203, 48%, 50%)oklch(0.619 0.103 238.7)Colors that go with #428ebd
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 #428ebd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #428ebd 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 #428ebd in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #428ebd, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #428ebd: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #428ebd in 9 real palettes, including Retro Pop and NASCAR's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #428ebd: 9 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #428ebd: 19 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and American Express's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #428ebd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #428ebd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.6:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.84:1 | 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 #428ebd 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
#428ebd 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 #428ebd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/428ebd-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.
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