Color

#3e408e

#3e408e
hex#3e408e
rgbrgb(62, 64, 142)
hslhsl(239, 39%, 40%)
oklchoklch(0.414 0.126 278.2)
Closest name: darkslateblue (#483d8b)Relative luminance 0.0664

Colors that go with #3e408e

Charcoal, Steel Blue and 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#8e8c3e

#3e678e · #653e8e

#8e3e40 · #408e3e

Split-complementary

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#8e653e · #678e3e

#8e3e67 · #8e8c3e · #3e8e65

Contrast

#3e408e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.02:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.33:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6a6cbe as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #9192cf as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3e408e 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

#3e408e reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #3e408e
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #3e408e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/3e408e-a09cc4-df964e-251f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md