Color
#400809
#400809rgb(64, 8, 9)hsl(359, 78%, 14%)oklch(0.244 0.085 25.3)Colors that go with #400809
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sienna 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 #400809: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #400809 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #400809's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #400809: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #400809 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #400809 in 15 real palettes, including Maple and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #400809, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #400809 in 7 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #400809
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #400809 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.71:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.26:1 | 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 #400809 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#400809 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 #400809 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/400809-c4a09c-62cb96-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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