Color
#4256cd
#4256cdrgb(66, 86, 205)hsl(231, 58%, 53%)oklch(0.508 0.184 271)Colors that go with #4256cd
Crimson, Deep Sky Blue and Medium Sea Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4256cd in 4 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #4256cd in 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #4256cd in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #4256cd in 5 real palettes, including Telehealth and Discord's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #4256cd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #4256cd in 4 real palettes, including Campus and Indigo SaaS, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4256cd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4256cd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #4256cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4256cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.44:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4256cd 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
#4256cd reads as cool, modern. 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 #4256cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4256cd-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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