Named color
Blue Ocean
#009dc4rgb(0, 157, 196)hsl(192, 100%, 38%)oklch(0.646 0.121 223.7)Blue Ocean 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 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Blue Ocean
Charcoal, Amber and 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 Blue Ocean: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Blue Ocean in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside Blue Ocean, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Blue Ocean: 4 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Blue Ocean in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Blue Ocean: 6 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Blue Ocean: 13 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
complementaryChocolate sits directly opposite Blue Ocean on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use Blue Ocean
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Blue Ocean as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.62:1 | 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 Ocean as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Blue Ocean 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 #009dc4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/009dc4-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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