Brand color
Plaid Accent
#043c67rgb(4, 60, 103)hsl(206, 93%, 21%)oklch(0.348 0.092 248.6)Plaid Accent 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 3 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Plaid Accent
Crimson, Royal Blue and Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with Plaid Accent — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is Plaid Accent's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is Plaid Accent's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside Plaid Accent, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside Plaid Accent, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Plaid Accent: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Plaid Accent: 4 real palettes, including Purina Pro Plan's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for Plaid Accent: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use Plaid Accent
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Plaid Accent as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.37:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.85:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Plaid Accent as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Plaid Accent reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #043c67 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/043c67-9caec4-df4e56-1f212d-e9f1f1?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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