Color
#85a0cc
#85a0ccrgb(133, 160, 204)hsl(217, 41%, 66%)oklch(0.701 0.072 260.1)Colors that go with #85a0cc
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 #85a0cc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #85a0cc 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 #85a0cc in 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #85a0cc, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #85a0cc in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85a0cc: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #85a0cc in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #85a0cc: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #85a0cc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85a0cc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.9:1 | 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 #85a0cc 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
#85a0cc 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 #85a0cc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85a0cc-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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