Color
#45a1fc
#45a1fcrgb(69, 161, 252)hsl(210, 97%, 63%)oklch(0.696 0.16 251)Colors that go with #45a1fc
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Tomato 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 #45a1fc: 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 #45a1fc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #45a1fc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #45a1fc in 7 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #45a1fc, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #45a1fc in 4 real palettes, including Learning App and Elastic's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #45a1fc: 6 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #45a1fc in 4 real palettes, including Miro's brand system and Star Wars's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #45a1fc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45a1fc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.76:1 | 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 #45a1fc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#45a1fc 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 #45a1fc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/45a1fc-9cabc4-df514e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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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