Color
#452bab
#452babrgb(69, 43, 171)hsl(252, 60%, 42%)oklch(0.41 0.19 283.5)Colors that go with #452bab
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #452bab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #452bab's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #452bab, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #452bab: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Peacock's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #452bab in 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #452bab: 6 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #452bab, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #452bab in 8 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and NHL's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #452bab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #452bab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.6:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.19:1 | 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 #452bab 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
#452bab 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 #452bab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/452bab-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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