Brand color
Mercury Secondary
#9cb4e8rgb(156, 180, 232)hsl(221, 62%, 76%)oklch(0.771 0.079 265.3)Mercury Secondary 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 Mercury Secondary
Charcoal, Dark Khaki 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 Mercury Secondary: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite Mercury Secondary 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 Mercury Secondary in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside Mercury Secondary, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Mercury Secondary in 5 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to Mercury Secondary in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Mercury Secondary: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with Mercury Secondary: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Mercury Secondary
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Mercury Secondary as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.08:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.11:1 | 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 Mercury Secondary as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Mercury Secondary 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 #9cb4e8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9cb4e8-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-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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