Color
#51177d
#51177drgb(81, 23, 125)hsl(274, 69%, 29%)oklch(0.358 0.159 305.2)Colors that go with #51177d
Crimson, Tomato and Olive Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #51177d in 4 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #51177d, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #51177d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #51177d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #51177d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #51177d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #51177d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #51177d: two real palettes: Zillow's brand system and Purina Pro Plan's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #51177d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #51177d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.77:1 | 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 #51177d 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
#51177d reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #51177d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/51177d-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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