Color
#56a5bd
#56a5bdrgb(86, 165, 189)hsl(194, 44%, 54%)oklch(0.681 0.085 220.1)Colors that go with #56a5bd
Charcoal, Terracotta 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 #56a5bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #56a5bd 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 #56a5bd in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #56a5bd in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #56a5bd: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #56a5bd: 7 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #56a5bd: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #56a5bd, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #56a5bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56a5bd 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 #56a5bd 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
#56a5bd 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 #56a5bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56a5bd-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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