Color
#40124f
#40124frgb(64, 18, 79)hsl(285, 63%, 19%)oklch(0.29 0.112 316.5)Colors that go with #40124f
Charcoal, Sea Green and Forest 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 text near-black for #40124f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #40124f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryshippedForest Green sits directly opposite #40124f 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 #40124f in 4 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #40124f, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #40124f: 7 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #40124f: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Fintech Trust, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #40124f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40124f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.82:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.42:1 | 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 #40124f 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
#40124f 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 #40124f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40124f-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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