#497ffd as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	3.66:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #2b6afd as the text (4.58:1) AAA: use #0246e3 as the text (7.03:1) AA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (4.5:1)
Aaon black	5.74:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #6895fd as the text (7.31:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #497ffd as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

ff8c00 3b82f6 22c55e fff8e7 1d1d1d

Playground

Open in tool →

Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.

Bold Playful WarmKids

1a1a1a 8c8c8c 3a86ff f2f2f2

Studio Grey

Open in tool →

A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.

Minimal Muted Modern

Fonts for this mood

#497ffd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #497ffd

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #497ffd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/497ffd-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md