Color

#42566c

#42566c
hex#42566c
rgbrgb(66, 86, 108)
hslhsl(211, 24%, 34%)
oklchoklch(0.446 0.044 251.2)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.089

Colors that go with #42566c

Sienna, Blue and Cadet 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.

Real palettes that use #42566c

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#6c5742

#426b6c · #43426c

#6c4256 · #566c42

Split-complementary

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#6c4342 · #6b6c42

#6c426b · #6c5742 · #426c43

Contrast

#42566c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.56:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.78:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5b7795 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #8198b1 as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f7f7f7 (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42566c as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42566c
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 #42566c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42566c-9cabc4-df534e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md