Color
#6c8dcb
#6c8dcbrgb(108, 141, 203)hsl(219, 48%, 61%)oklch(0.644 0.101 262.4)Colors that go with #6c8dcb
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 #6c8dcb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6c8dcb in 10 real palettes, including Blueprint and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #6c8dcb, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6c8dcb: 5 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #6c8dcb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6c8dcb in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #6c8dcb in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #6c8dcb: 9 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6c8dcb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6c8dcb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.33:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.31:1 | 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 #6c8dcb 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
#6c8dcb 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 #6c8dcb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6c8dcb-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-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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