Color
#40085e
#40085ergb(64, 8, 94)hsl(279, 84%, 20%)oklch(0.293 0.138 309.2)Colors that go with #40085e
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #40085e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40085e in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40085e: 8 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Bank of America's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40085e in 4 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #40085e, as the supporting colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #40085e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #40085e: 3 real palettes, including First Snow and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #40085e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #40085e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40085e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.41:1 | 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 #40085e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#40085e 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 #40085e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40085e-b99fc1-b9cb62-2d1f2c-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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