Color
#40316d
#40316drgb(64, 49, 109)hsl(255, 38%, 31%)oklch(0.362 0.1 292.2)Colors that go with #40316d
Steel Blue, Blue and Crimson 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #40316d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #40316d, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40316d in 6 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40316d: 10 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #40316d in 4 real palettes, including Tumblr's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #40316d: 8 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40316d in 8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Zoom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #40316d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #40316d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40316d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.88:1 | 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 #40316d 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
#40316d reads as cool, modern. 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 #40316d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40316d-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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