Color

#406796

#406796
hex#406796
rgbrgb(64, 103, 150)
hslhsl(213, 40%, 42%)
oklchoklch(0.506 0.087 253.9)
Closest name: Chill of the Night (#256d8d)Relative luminance 0.1299

Colors that go with #406796

Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#966f40

#409296 · #454096

#964067 · #679640

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#964540 · #929640

#964092 · #966f40 · #409645

Contrast

#406796 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
5.84:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #375881 as the text (7.3:1)
Aaon black
3.6:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #4b78af as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #7498c3 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (4.55:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #406796 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#406796 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #406796
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #406796 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/406796-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md