Color
#3e4356
#3e4356rgb(62, 67, 86)hsl(228, 16%, 29%)oklch(0.386 0.033 273.3)Colors that go with #3e4356
Sea Green, Steel Blue and Dark Olive Green 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #3e4356 — 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 #3e4356's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #3e4356 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #3e4356, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #3e4356, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #3e4356: 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #3e4356, as the surface under it.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #3e4356: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #3e4356
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3e4356 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.8:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.14:1 | 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 #3e4356 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#3e4356 reads as cool, muted, 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 #3e4356 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3e4356-9c9fc4-df7c4e-231f2d-e9eff1?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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