Color
#404b63
#404b63rgb(64, 75, 99)hsl(221, 21%, 32%)oklch(0.413 0.043 265.4)Colors that go with #404b63
Steel Blue, Blue and Blush Pink 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 #404b63's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #404b63, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #404b63, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #404b63: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #404b63, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #404b63: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #404b63 in 7 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #404b63: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #404b63
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #404b63 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.73:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.4:1 | 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 #404b63 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 #404b63 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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