Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#718db7
#718db7
hex
#718db7rgb
rgb(113, 141, 183)hsl
hsl(216, 33%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.638 0.071 258.3)Closest name: Galactic Gossamer (#7f8cb8)Relative luminance 0.2598
Colors that go with #718db7
Charcoal, Copper 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 #718db7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #718db7 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 #718db7 in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #718db7: 4 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #718db7 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 #718db7 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #718db7: 7 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #718db7: 12 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #718db7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #718db7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.39:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.2:1 | 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 #718db7 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #718db7
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #718db7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/718db7-9ca7c4-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.
Machine-readable: color.md