Color
#400255
#400255rgb(64, 2, 85)hsl(285, 95%, 17%)oklch(0.28 0.135 314.6)Colors that go with #400255
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #400255: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #400255: 6 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Crest's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #400255, as the lead colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #400255 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Penpot's brand system put Blue beside #400255, as the accent.
Light Pink #ffb6c1
shippedLight Pink shows up next to #400255 in 3 real palettes, including Railway's brand system and Pastel Pop, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #400255: 3 real palettes, including First Snow and Opera's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #400255 in 3 real palettes, including Telehealth and Penpot's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #400255
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #400255 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.36:1 | 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 #400255 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
#400255 reads as cool, 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 #400255 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/400255-bc9fc1-afcb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?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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