Color
#5e9efd
#5e9efdrgb(94, 158, 253)hsl(216, 98%, 68%)oklch(0.7 0.155 258.1)Colors that go with #5e9efd
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #5e9efd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5e9efd in 6 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #5e9efd, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #5e9efd in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e9efd: 6 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Kraken's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5e9efd, as the text colour against it.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #5e9efd in 7 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Heatwave, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryPeru sits directly opposite #5e9efd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #5e9efd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e9efd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.79:1 | 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 #5e9efd 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
#5e9efd 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 #5e9efd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e9efd-9ca7c4-df5f4e-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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