Color

#406896

#406896
hex#406896
rgbrgb(64, 104, 150)
hslhsl(212, 40%, 42%)
oklchoklch(0.509 0.087 252.9)
Closest name: Chill of the Night (#256d8d)Relative luminance 0.1319

Colors that go with #406896

Charcoal, Sea Green and Sienna 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 →

#966e40

#409396 · #434096

#964068 · #689640

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#964340 · #939640

#964093 · #966e40 · #409643

Contrast

#406896 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
5.77:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #375981 as the text (7.22:1)
Aaon black
3.64:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #4977ab as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #7499c3 as the text (7.09:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (4.62:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #406896 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#406896 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #406896
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 #406896 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/406896-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md