Color
#45159d
#45159drgb(69, 21, 157)hsl(261, 76%, 35%)oklch(0.373 0.193 288.9)Colors that go with #45159d
Royal Blue, Blue and Cobalt 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #45159d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Pepsi's brand system put Blue beside #45159d, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #45159d: 4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #45159d, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #45159d 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 #45159d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #45159d: 3 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #45159d in 3 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Boeing's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #45159d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45159d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.37:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.85:1 | 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 #45159d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#45159d reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #45159d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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