Brand color
Zed Secondary
#5c78e2rgb(92, 120, 226)hsl(227, 70%, 62%)oklch(0.604 0.163 269.8)Zed 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 Zed Secondary
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 Zed Secondary: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Zed Secondary — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Zed Secondary in 13 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside Zed Secondary, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Zed Secondary: 12 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Zed Secondary in 13 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Zed Secondary: 9 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Zed Secondary: 18 real palettes, including Fivetran blue's brand system and Guinness's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Zed Secondary
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Zed Secondary as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.01:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.24:1 | 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 Zed Secondary as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Zed Secondary 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 #5c78e2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5c78e2-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-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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