Color
#5279bc
#5279bcrgb(82, 121, 188)hsl(218, 44%, 53%)oklch(0.578 0.113 260.7)Colors that go with #5279bc
Charcoal, Sea Green and Copper 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 #5279bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #5279bc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #5279bc 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 #5279bc in 12 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #5279bc, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5279bc: 9 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #5279bc: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5279bc in 14 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and NASCAR's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5279bc
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Contrast
| #5279bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.36:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.82:1 | 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 #5279bc 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
#5279bc reads as cool, modern. 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 #5279bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5279bc-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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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