Color
#4b99e2
#4b99e2rgb(75, 153, 226)hsl(209, 72%, 59%)oklch(0.666 0.133 249.1)Colors that go with #4b99e2
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Peru 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 #4b99e2: 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 #4b99e2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #4b99e2 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 #4b99e2 in 9 real palettes, including Heatwave and Google's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #4b99e2, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #4b99e2 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #4b99e2: 7 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4b99e2: 11 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #4b99e2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4b99e2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.95:1 | 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 #4b99e2 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
#4b99e2 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 #4b99e2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4b99e2-9cacc4-df4e4e-1f212d-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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