Glacier
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Color
#040165
#040165
hex
#040165rgb
rgb(4, 1, 101)hsl
hsl(242, 98%, 20%)oklch
oklch(0.232 0.156 266)Closest name: Alone in the Dark (#000066)Relative luminance 0.0099
Colors that go with #040165
Charcoal, Steel Blue and Cobalt 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 #040165: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #040165's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #040165: 7 real palettes, including Glacier and MLB's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #040165 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #040165: 10 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Paramount+'s brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #040165 in 8 real palettes, including Spectrum's brand system and Penpot's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #040165 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #040165, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #040165
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #040165 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.54:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.2:1 | 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 #040165 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#040165 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #040165
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #040165 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/040165-a29cc4-df9e4e-261f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md