Color
#40416d
#40416drgb(64, 65, 109)hsl(239, 26%, 34%)oklch(0.395 0.074 281.5)Colors that go with #40416d
Steel Blue, Blue and Copper 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 #40416d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #40416d, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #40416d: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40416d in 9 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40416d: 15 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #40416d in 4 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Disney's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped14 real palettes, including Microsoft's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #40416d, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #40416d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #40416d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40416d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.57:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.19:1 | 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 #40416d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #40416d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40416d-a09cc4-df964e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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