Color
#28116e
#28116ergb(40, 17, 110)hsl(255, 73%, 25%)oklch(0.287 0.146 283.7)Colors that go with #28116e
Charcoal, Denim and Cobalt 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 #28116e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
analogousshippedDenim is #28116e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #28116e: 7 real palettes, including Purina Pro Plan's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #28116e in 5 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #28116e: 4 real palettes, including Glacier and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #28116e in 7 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #28116e: 7 real palettes, including Deep Water and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #28116e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #28116e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28116e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.05:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | 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 #28116e 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
#28116e 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 #28116e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/28116e-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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