Color
#7b86bc
#7b86bcrgb(123, 134, 188)hsl(230, 33%, 61%)oklch(0.632 0.082 274.9)Colors that go with #7b86bc
Charcoal, Dark Goldenrod and Cobalt 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 #7b86bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #7b86bc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #7b86bc in 5 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #7b86bc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #7b86bc in 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #7b86bc in 8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #7b86bc in 4 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Substack's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #7b86bc in 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #7b86bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7b86bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.51:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.98:1 | 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 #7b86bc 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 #7b86bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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