Color
#042e71
#042e71rgb(4, 46, 113)hsl(217, 93%, 23%)oklch(0.322 0.124 260.1)Colors that go with #042e71
Steel Blue, Blue and Denim 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #042e71's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #042e71 in 5 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #042e71 in 12 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Hasbro's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #042e71 in 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Monzo's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #042e71 in 6 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Glacier, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #042e71 in 8 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Nivea's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #042e71 in 5 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Harbour, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #042e71: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #042e71
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #042e71 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.63:1 | 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 #042e71 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#042e71 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 #042e71 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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