Color
#045c5d
#045c5drgb(4, 92, 93)hsl(181, 92%, 19%)oklch(0.431 0.072 196.1)Colors that go with #045c5d
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 #045c5d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #045c5d, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #045c5d: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #045c5d: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #045c5d in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including First Snow and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #045c5d, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #045c5d in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #045c5d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #045c5d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #045c5d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.69:1 | 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 #045c5d 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
#045c5d 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 #045c5d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/045c5d-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?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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