Color
#3e496a
#3e496argb(62, 73, 106)hsl(225, 26%, 33%)oklch(0.41 0.057 269.6)Colors that go with #3e496a
Steel Blue, Blue and Cadet 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #3e496a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #3e496a, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #3e496a: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #3e496a, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #3e496a: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3e496a in 9 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #3e496a: 15 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #3e496a: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #3e496a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3e496a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.88:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.37:1 | 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 #3e496a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #3e496a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3e496a-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-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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