Color
#040e4d
#040e4drgb(4, 14, 77)hsl(232, 90%, 16%)oklch(0.216 0.114 266.3)Colors that go with #040e4d
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #040e4d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #040e4d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #040e4d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #040e4d in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #040e4d, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousshippedBlue Violet is #040e4d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #040e4d: 9 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #040e4d: 11 real palettes, including Glacier and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #040e4d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #040e4d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.18:1 | 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 #040e4d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#040e4d 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 #040e4d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/040e4d-9c9dc4-df864e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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