Color
#42256a
#42256argb(66, 37, 106)hsl(265, 48%, 28%)oklch(0.34 0.116 299.6)Colors that go with #42256a
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Blue 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 #42256a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #42256a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #42256a, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42256a in 6 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #42256a: 13 real palettes, including Panasonic's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #42256a in 5 real palettes, including Tumblr's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #42256a: 6 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Macaron, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #42256a in 5 real palettes, including Harbour and Boeing's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #42256a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42256a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.7:1 | 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 #42256a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#42256a reads as cool, dark, luxury. 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 #42256a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42256a-b19cc4-dfd54e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?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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