Color
#7988b4
#7988b4rgb(121, 136, 180)hsl(225, 28%, 59%)oklch(0.631 0.069 269.8)Colors that go with #7988b4
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 #7988b4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #7988b4 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 #7988b4 in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #7988b4: 5 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #7988b4 in 6 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #7988b4: 6 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #7988b4: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #7988b4, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #7988b4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7988b4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.5:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.99:1 | 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 #7988b4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #7988b4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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