Darkroom
Open in tool →Sepia, faded ochre and a teal shadow on aged paper — the photograph-in-a-drawer palette, tuned so it still passes AA.
Color
#435b65
#435b65
hex
#435b65rgb
rgb(67, 91, 101)hsl
hsl(198, 20%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.456 0.033 225.5)Closest name: Arctic Nights (#345c61)Relative luminance 0.0962
Colors that go with #435b65
Sienna, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #435b65 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #435b65, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #435b65, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #435b65: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #435b65: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #435b65 in 8 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Puma's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Dark Goldenrod beside #435b65, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #435b65: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #435b65
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #435b65 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.92:1 | 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 #435b65 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #435b65
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 #435b65 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/435b65-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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