Color
#40032b
#40032brgb(64, 3, 43)hsl(321, 91%, 13%)oklch(0.25 0.1 346.6)Colors that go with #40032b
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 #40032b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #40032b'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 #40032b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #40032b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #40032b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #40032b in 11 real palettes, including Maple and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #40032b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #40032b in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #40032b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40032b 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 #40032b 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
#40032b 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 #40032b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40032b-c19fb1-70cb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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