Color
#74aed8
#74aed8rgb(116, 174, 216)hsl(205, 56%, 65%)oklch(0.727 0.086 240.9)Colors that go with #74aed8
Charcoal, Dark Salmon 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 #74aed8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #74aed8 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 #74aed8 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #74aed8, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #74aed8 in 4 real palettes, including Learning App and Elastic's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #74aed8: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #74aed8: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #74aed8, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #74aed8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74aed8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.39:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #74aed8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#74aed8 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 #74aed8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74aed8-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?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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