Color
#42004d
#42004drgb(66, 0, 77)hsl(291, 100%, 15%)oklch(0.275 0.131 321)Colors that go with #42004d
Blue, Charcoal 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Burger King's brand system put Blue beside #42004d, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #42004d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #42004d: 6 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Discover's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Crest's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #42004d, as that palette's text colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #42004d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Pink #ffb6c1
shippedLight Pink shows up next to #42004d in 3 real palettes, including Railway's brand system and Pastel Pop, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #42004d: 3 real palettes, including First Snow and Opera's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #42004d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #42004d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42004d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.69:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #42004d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#42004d reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #42004d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42004d-bf9fc1-a4cb62-2d1f29-ece9f1?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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