Color
#517ddb
#517ddbrgb(81, 125, 219)hsl(221, 66%, 59%)oklch(0.604 0.151 263.6)Colors that go with #517ddb
Charcoal, Copper 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 #517ddb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #517ddb 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 #517ddb in 13 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #517ddb, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #517ddb: 11 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #517ddb in 15 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #517ddb: 9 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #517ddb: 18 real palettes, including Motorola's brand system and Xbox's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #517ddb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #517ddb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.96:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.31:1 | 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 #517ddb 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
#517ddb 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 #517ddb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/517ddb-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?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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