Color
#45827b
#45827brgb(69, 130, 123)hsl(173, 31%, 39%)oklch(0.563 0.065 185.9)Colors that go with #45827b
Charcoal, Champagne and Cobalt 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #45827b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #45827b, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #45827b: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #45827b: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #45827b in 8 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #45827b: 11 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #45827b: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Indian Red #cd5c5c
complementaryIndian Red sits directly opposite #45827b 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 #45827b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45827b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #45827b 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 #45827b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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