Color
#5f99ab
#5f99abrgb(95, 153, 171)hsl(194, 31%, 52%)oklch(0.65 0.066 219.7)Colors that go with #5f99ab
Charcoal, Copper and Terracotta 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 #5f99ab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #5f99ab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #5f99ab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #5f99ab, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5f99ab: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5f99ab, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Graphite put Orange beside #5f99ab, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #5f99ab: 5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5f99ab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5f99ab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.63:1 | 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 #5f99ab 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 #5f99ab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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