Color
#455a44
#455a44rgb(69, 90, 68)hsl(117, 14%, 31%)oklch(0.443 0.044 143.6)Colors that go with #455a44
Blue, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #455a44, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #455a44: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #455a44, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #455a44: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #455a44 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #455a44: 5 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #455a44 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #455a44 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #455a44 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #455a44
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #455a44 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.5:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.8:1 | 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 #455a44 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 #455a44 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/455a44-a2bea4-924edf-1f2d25-edf1e9?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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