Named color
Blue Burst
#309cd0rgb(48, 156, 208)hsl(200, 63%, 50%)oklch(0.656 0.122 234.5)Blue Burst on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Blue Burst
Charcoal, Orange Red 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 Blue Burst: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
split-complementshippedOrange Red is a split-complement of Blue Burst: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Blue Burst in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside Blue Burst, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Blue Burst: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Blue Burst in 4 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to Blue Burst in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Blue Burst: 6 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Blue Burst
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Blue Burst as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.09:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.79:1 | 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 Blue Burst 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
Blue Burst reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #309cd0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/309cd0-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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