Color
#6497ce
#6497cergb(100, 151, 206)hsl(211, 52%, 60%)oklch(0.663 0.099 251.3)Colors that go with #6497ce
Charcoal, Peru 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 #6497ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #6497ce 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 #6497ce in 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #6497ce, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #6497ce in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #6497ce: 5 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6497ce: 10 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #6497ce — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #6497ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6497ce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.86:1 | 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 #6497ce 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
#6497ce 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 #6497ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6497ce-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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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