Color
#696dd8
#696dd8rgb(105, 109, 216)hsl(238, 59%, 63%)oklch(0.585 0.16 278.6)Colors that go with #696dd8
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #696dd8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #696dd8 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #696dd8 in 11 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #696dd8, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #696dd8: 11 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #696dd8: 6 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #696dd8 in 14 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #696dd8: 8 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #696dd8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #696dd8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.39:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.78:1 | 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 #696dd8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#696dd8 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 #696dd8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/696dd8-9f9cc4-df944e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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