#042d4e as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	14.09:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.49:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #0b78d0 as the text (4.61:1) AAA: use #2f9bf4 as the text (7.12:1) AA: or shift the background to #949494 (4.64:1) AAA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #042d4e as the background.

Brands using this color

Plaidsecondary · #02294b · Δ1.41

Fonts for this mood

#042d4e reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #042d4e

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #042d4e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/042d4e-9cadc4-df4e53-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md