Color
#45658c
#45658crgb(69, 101, 140)hsl(213, 34%, 41%)oklch(0.499 0.073 254)Colors that go with #45658c
Charcoal, Sea Green and Sienna 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 #45658c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #45658c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #45658c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #45658c in 6 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #45658c in 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #45658c in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #45658c in 11 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Retro Pop, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #45658c in 6 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #45658c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45658c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.01:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.49:1 | 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 #45658c as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #45658c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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