Color
#40039b
#40039brgb(64, 3, 155)hsl(264, 96%, 31%)oklch(0.354 0.201 287.9)Colors that go with #40039b
Blue, Royal Blue and Olive 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.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #40039b in 4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #40039b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #40039b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #40039b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #40039b in 3 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Zillow's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedSteel Blue is paired with #40039b in 3 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #40039b in 3 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Boeing's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #40039b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #40039b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40039b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.7:1 | 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 #40039b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#40039b reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #40039b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40039b-b19cc4-dfd34e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?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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