Color
#86aefd
#86aefdrgb(134, 174, 253)hsl(220, 97%, 76%)oklch(0.754 0.123 263.2)Colors that go with #86aefd
Charcoal, Goldenrod and Midnight 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 #86aefd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #86aefd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #86aefd in 6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Telehealth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #86aefd in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Still Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #86aefd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementshippedDark Khaki is a split-complement of #86aefd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle is paired with #86aefd in 3 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Lime Green #32cd32
triadicshippedLime Green completes a triad with #86aefd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #86aefd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86aefd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.21:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.49:1 | 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 #86aefd 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
#86aefd 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 #86aefd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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