Color
#455c96
#455c96rgb(69, 92, 150)hsl(223, 37%, 43%)oklch(0.484 0.098 266.4)Colors that go with #455c96
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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 #455c96: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #455c96 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #455c96 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #455c96, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #455c96: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #455c96 in 16 real palettes, including Costco's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #455c96: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #455c96: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #455c96
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #455c96 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.51:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.22:1 | 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 #455c96 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
#455c96 reads as cool, modern. 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 #455c96 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/455c96-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?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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