Color
#09409f
#09409frgb(9, 64, 159)hsl(218, 89%, 33%)oklch(0.404 0.164 261.1)Colors that go with #09409f
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #09409f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #09409f — 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 #09409f'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 #09409f in 6 real palettes, including Procter & Gamble's brand system and CVS's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #09409f in 10 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Blue Mono, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #09409f in 10 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Carrefour's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green is paired with #09409f in 4 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #09409f in 5 real palettes, including Gillette's brand system and Nikon's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #09409f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #09409f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.25:1 | 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 #09409f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#09409f reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #09409f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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