Color

#42368c

#42368c
hex#42368c
rgbrgb(66, 54, 140)
hslhsl(248, 44%, 38%)
oklchoklch(0.397 0.137 284.6)
Closest name: darkslateblue (#483d8b)Relative luminance 0.0569

Colors that go with #42368c

Charcoal, Steel 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#808c36

#36568c · #6c368c

#8c4236 · #368c42

Split-complementary

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#8c6c36 · #568c36

#8c3656 · #808c36 · #368c6c

Contrast

#42368c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.82:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.14:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7568c4 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #968dd3 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (7.09:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42368c 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

#42368c reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42368c
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 #42368c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42368c-a69cc4-dfac4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md