Color

#4001ef

#4001ef
hex#4001ef
rgbrgb(64, 1, 239)
hslhsl(256, 99%, 47%)
oklchoklch(0.455 0.285 275.2)
Closest name: Overdue Blue (#4400ff)Relative luminance 0.0734

Colors that go with #4001ef

Charcoal, Cobalt Blue and Cornflower 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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#afef01

#0139ef · #b701ef

#ef4001 · #01ef40

Split-complementary

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#efb701 · #39ef01

#ef0139 · #afef01 · #01efb7

Contrast

#4001ef as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.51:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.47:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8052fe as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #a280fe as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bdbdbd (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ebebeb (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4001ef 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

#4001ef reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4001ef
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 #4001ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4001ef-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md