Color
#40205b
#40205brgb(64, 32, 91)hsl(273, 48%, 24%)oklch(0.318 0.104 306.4)Colors that go with #40205b
Charcoal, Sea Green and Teal 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 #40205b: 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 #40205b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #40205b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #40205b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #40205b, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #40205b: 6 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #40205b: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #40205b: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Blizzard's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #40205b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40205b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.33:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.58:1 | 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 #40205b 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
#40205b reads as cool, dark, luxury. 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 #40205b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40205b-b79cc4-c4cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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