Color
#5161f6
#5161f6rgb(81, 97, 246)hsl(234, 90%, 64%)oklch(0.57 0.221 272.5)Colors that go with #5161f6
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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 #5161f6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #5161f6 — 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 #5161f6 in 7 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Signal's brand system and MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside #5161f6, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5161f6: 11 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Nivea's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #5161f6: 6 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5161f6 in 13 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Toyota's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #5161f6: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5161f6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5161f6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.39:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #5161f6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#5161f6 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 #5161f6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5161f6-9d9cc4-df8a4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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