Color
#455c6e
#455c6ergb(69, 92, 110)hsl(206, 23%, 35%)oklch(0.463 0.041 242.3)Colors that go with #455c6e
Sienna, Blue and Cadet 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.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #455c6e 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 Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #455c6e, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #455c6e: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #455c6e: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #455c6e in 9 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Puma's brand system and Cider put Dark Goldenrod beside #455c6e, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #455c6e: 13 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #455c6e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #455c6e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #455c6e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.98:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.01:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #455c6e 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 #455c6e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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