Color
#85a0ef
#85a0efrgb(133, 160, 239)hsl(225, 77%, 73%)oklch(0.718 0.12 268.9)Colors that go with #85a0ef
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Emerald Green 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 #85a0ef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #85a0ef's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Emerald Green #50c878
triadicshippedEmerald Green completes a triad with #85a0ef — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #85a0ef 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 #85a0ef in 7 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #85a0ef, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #85a0ef in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #85a0ef: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #85a0ef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85a0ef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.54:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.27:1 | 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 #85a0ef 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
#85a0ef reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #85a0ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85a0ef-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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