Color
#859ec7
#859ec7rgb(133, 158, 199)hsl(217, 37%, 65%)oklch(0.695 0.067 260.2)Colors that go with #859ec7
Charcoal, Peru 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 #859ec7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #859ec7 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 #859ec7 in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #859ec7 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #859ec7: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #859ec7: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #859ec7: 5 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #859ec7 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Scale AI's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #859ec7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #859ec7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.72:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.71:1 | 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 #859ec7 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
#859ec7 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 #859ec7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/859ec7-9ca7c4-df624e-201f2d-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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