Color

#43516b

#43516b
hex#43516b
rgbrgb(67, 81, 107)
hslhsl(219, 23%, 34%)
oklchoklch(0.434 0.047 262.6)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.0814

Colors that go with #43516b

Teal, Sienna 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

Open in tool →

#6b5d43

#43656b · #49436b

#6b4351 · #516b43

Split-complementary

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#6b4943 · #656b43

#6b4365 · #6b5d43 · #436b49

Contrast

#43516b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.99:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.63:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #62779d as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #8897b4 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c4c4c4 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #43516b as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #43516b
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 #43516b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/43516b-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md