Color
#404d5e
#404d5ergb(64, 77, 94)hsl(214, 19%, 31%)oklch(0.416 0.033 255.3)Colors that go with #404d5e
Teal, Sienna 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.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #404d5e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #404d5e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #404d5e, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #404d5e: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #404d5e, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #404d5e: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #404d5e in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #404d5e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #404d5e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #404d5e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.6:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.44:1 | 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 #404d5e 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 #404d5e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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