Color
#5ab4dd
#5ab4ddrgb(90, 180, 221)hsl(199, 66%, 61%)oklch(0.731 0.104 230.2)Colors that go with #5ab4dd
Charcoal, Dark Salmon 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 #5ab4dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #5ab4dd 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 #5ab4dd in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #5ab4dd, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #5ab4dd in 4 real palettes, including Learning App and Elastic's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5ab4dd: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #5ab4dd: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #5ab4dd, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5ab4dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5ab4dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.01:1 | 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 #5ab4dd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#5ab4dd 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 #5ab4dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5ab4dd-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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