Harbour
Open in tool →Steel blue and haze with a buoy orange on a pale grey — the maritime palette every port town uses for a reason.
Color
#405b77
#405b77
hex
#405b77rgb
rgb(64, 91, 119)hsl
hsl(211, 30%, 36%)oklch
oklch(0.462 0.056 250)Closest name: Deep Indigo (#4c567a)Relative luminance 0.099
Colors that go with #405b77
Sienna, Blue and Cadet Blue 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.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #405b77 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 Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #405b77, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #405b77: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #405b77: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Unilever's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #405b77: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #405b77 in 15 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #405b77: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #405b77: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #405b77
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #405b77 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.05:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.98:1 | 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 #405b77 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #405b77
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #405b77 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/405b77-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md