Color
#456aed
#456aedrgb(69, 106, 237)hsl(227, 82%, 60%)oklch(0.573 0.202 267.6)Colors that go with #456aed
Charcoal, Crimson and Sea Green 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 #456aed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #456aed — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #456aed — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #456aed in 11 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including BBC's brand system and EA's brand system put Blue beside #456aed, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #456aed: 13 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #456aed: 6 real palettes, including Webflow's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #456aed: 9 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #456aed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #456aed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.63:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.54:1 | 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 #456aed as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#456aed 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 #456aed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/456aed-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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