Harbour
Open in tool →Steel blue and haze with a buoy orange on a pale grey — the maritime palette every port town uses for a reason.
Color
#42547b
#42547b
hex
#42547brgb
rgb(66, 84, 123)hsl
hsl(221, 30%, 37%)oklch
oklch(0.448 0.068 264.8)Closest name: Deep Indigo (#4c567a)Relative luminance 0.0893
Colors that go with #42547b
Sea Green, 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #42547b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #42547b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #42547b, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #42547b: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #42547b: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Blizzard's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42547b in 14 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #42547b: 16 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #42547b: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #42547b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42547b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.54:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.79:1 | 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 #42547b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #42547b
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 #42547b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/42547b-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md