Color
#381ca6
#381ca6rgb(56, 28, 166)hsl(252, 71%, 38%)oklch(0.377 0.2 280.1)Colors that go with #381ca6
Blue, Midnight Blue and Royal 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.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #381ca6 in 5 real palettes, including Procter & Gamble's brand system and Pepsi'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 #381ca6 in 7 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Fintech Trust, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #381ca6 in 6 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Discord's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #381ca6's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #381ca6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #381ca6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #381ca6 in 3 real palettes, including Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #381ca6 in 3 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #381ca6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #381ca6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.14:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.88:1 | 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 #381ca6 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#381ca6 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 #381ca6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/381ca6-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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