Color
#40563e
#40563ergb(64, 86, 62)hsl(115, 16%, 29%)oklch(0.428 0.047 142.6)Colors that go with #40563e
Crimson, Denim and Emerald Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40563e in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and MAC Cosmetics's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40563e: 4 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #40563e in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and CircleCI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #40563e in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40563e in 4 real palettes, including Console Light and GitHub's brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #40563e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #40563e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #40563e wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #40563e reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #40563e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40563e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.02:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.62:1 | 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 #40563e 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
#40563e 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 #40563e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40563e-a2bea3-8d4edf-1f2d24-eef1e9?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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