Color
#40422f
#40422frgb(64, 66, 47)hsl(66, 17%, 22%)oklch(0.371 0.031 112.8)Colors that go with #40422f
Sea Green, Steel Blue and Teal 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
analogousshippedSea Green is #40422f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #40422f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #40422f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #40422f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #40422f, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #40422f, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #40422f in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #40422f wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #40422f reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #40422f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40422f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.04:1 | 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 #40422f 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
#40422f reads as muted, 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 #40422f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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