Color
#405e41
#405e41rgb(64, 94, 65)hsl(122, 19%, 31%)oklch(0.45 0.059 145.3)Colors that go with #405e41
Champagne, Crimson and Denim 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #405e41, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #405e41 in 6 real palettes, including Gemstone and Codecademy's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #405e41: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #405e41 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Clerk's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #405e41 in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and GitHub's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #405e41: 9 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #405e41 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 #405e41 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #405e41 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #405e41
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #405e41 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.25:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.9:1 | 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 #405e41 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 #405e41 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/405e41-a2bea6-9e4edf-1f2d26-edf1e9?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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