Color
#40022e
#40022ergb(64, 2, 46)hsl(317, 94%, 13%)oklch(0.251 0.103 343.5)Colors that go with #40022e
Charcoal, Crimson and Sea 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #40022e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #40022e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #40022e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #40022e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #40022e in 11 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #40022e, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #40022e: 9 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Allbirds's brand system and Bramble put Champagne beside #40022e, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #40022e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40022e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.59:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.27:1 | 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 #40022e 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
#40022e reads as warm, vivid, 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 #40022e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40022e-c19fb3-77cb62-2d1f23-efe9f1?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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