Color
#454f82
#454f82rgb(69, 79, 130)hsl(230, 31%, 39%)oklch(0.443 0.085 274)Colors that go with #454f82
Sea Green, 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #454f82 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #454f82's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #454f82, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #454f82: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #454f82 in 14 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #454f82: 15 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #454f82: 5 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #454f82: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #454f82
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #454f82 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.8:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.69:1 | 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 #454f82 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #454f82 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/454f82-9c9ec4-df814e-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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