Color
#045a62
#045a62rgb(4, 90, 98)hsl(185, 92%, 20%)oklch(0.427 0.072 205.5)Colors that go with #045a62
Crimson, Blue and Cadet 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.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #045a62 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #045a62, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #045a62: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #045a62: 11 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #045a62 in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Disney's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #045a62 in 4 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #045a62, as that palette's text colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #045a62: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #045a62
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #045a62 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.94:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.64:1 | 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 #045a62 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
#045a62 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 #045a62 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/045a62-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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