Color
#4ba2dd
#4ba2ddrgb(75, 162, 221)hsl(204, 68%, 58%)oklch(0.684 0.121 241.3)Colors that go with #4ba2dd
Charcoal, Peru and Midnight Blue 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 #4ba2dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #4ba2dd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #4ba2dd in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Terracotta #e2725b
split-complementshippedTerracotta is a split-complement of #4ba2dd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #4ba2dd in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Heatwave, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #4ba2dd in 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Notion's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #4ba2dd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #4ba2dd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #4ba2dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4ba2dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.8:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.51:1 | 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 #4ba2dd as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#4ba2dd 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 #4ba2dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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