Color
#40327b
#40327brgb(64, 50, 123)hsl(252, 42%, 34%)oklch(0.374 0.119 288.1)Colors that go with #40327b
Steel Blue, Blue and Charcoal 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 #40327b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #40327b, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #40327b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40327b in 8 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40327b: 12 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Panasonic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #40327b in 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #40327b: 4 real palettes, including Glacier and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40327b in 9 real palettes, including Nokia's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #40327b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40327b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.71:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.96:1 | 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 #40327b 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
#40327b 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 #40327b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40327b-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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