Color
#5e95a6
#5e95a6rgb(94, 149, 166)hsl(194, 29%, 51%)oklch(0.638 0.063 219.5)Colors that go with #5e95a6
Charcoal, Copper and Cobalt Blue 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 #5e95a6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #5e95a6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5e95a6: 4 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e95a6 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e95a6: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5e95a6, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Campus put Orange beside #5e95a6, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #5e95a6: 5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5e95a6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e95a6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.33:1 | 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 #5e95a6 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #5e95a6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e95a6-9cb6c4-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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