Color
#40336c
#40336crgb(64, 51, 108)hsl(254, 36%, 31%)oklch(0.365 0.095 291.5)Colors that go with #40336c
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 #40336c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #40336c, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40336c in 8 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #40336c: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Kraken's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40336c: 16 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #40336c in 5 real palettes, including Tumblr's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #40336c: 8 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #40336c: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #40336c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40336c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.01:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.91:1 | 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 #40336c 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
#40336c 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 #40336c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40336c-aa9cc4-dfbb4e-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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