Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
Color
#417995
#417995
hex
#417995rgb
rgb(65, 121, 149)hsl
hsl(200, 39%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.549 0.073 232)Closest name: Cry Me a River (#427898)Relative luminance 0.1697
Colors that go with #417995
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Rust 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #417995: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #417995's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #417995: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #417995 in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #417995: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #417995: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #417995 in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #417995: 10 real palettes, including Campus and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #417995
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #417995 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.39:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #417995 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#417995 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #417995
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 #417995 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/417995-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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