Color
#40285c
#40285crgb(64, 40, 92)hsl(268, 39%, 26%)oklch(0.333 0.091 303.1)Colors that go with #40285c
Sea Green, Teal and Dark 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #40285c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #40285c — 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 #40285c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #40285c, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Blush and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #40285c, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #40285c: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #40285c: 6 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Dusk.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #40285c: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #40285c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40285c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.53:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.68:1 | 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 #40285c 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
#40285c 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 #40285c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40285c-b39cc4-dfdc4e-2c1f2d-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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