Color
#42563e
#42563ergb(66, 86, 62)hsl(110, 16%, 29%)oklch(0.429 0.046 140.4)Colors that go with #42563e
Blue, Crimson 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 Rolex's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #42563e, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42563e in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and MAC Cosmetics's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #42563e: 4 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #42563e in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42563e in 6 real palettes, including Console Light and Subaru's brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #42563e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementarySlate Blue sits directly opposite #42563e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #42563e wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #42563e reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #42563e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42563e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.63:1 | 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 #42563e 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
#42563e reads as muted, 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 #42563e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42563e-a3bea2-814edf-1f2d23-eef1e9?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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