Color

#51408c

#51408c
hex#51408c
rgbrgb(81, 64, 140)
hslhsl(253, 37%, 40%)
oklchoklch(0.429 0.121 290.7)
Closest name: darkslateblue (#483d8b)Relative luminance 0.0731

Colors that go with #51408c

Charcoal, Steel Blue and 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#7b8c40

#40568c · #76408c

#8c5140 · #408c51

Split-complementary

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#8c7640 · #568c40

#8c4056 · #7b8c40 · #408c76

Contrast

#51408c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.53:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.46:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7a69ba as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #9c8fcc as the text (7.21:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bdbdbd (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ebebeb (7.16:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #51408c 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

#51408c reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #51408c
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #51408c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/51408c-a99cc4-dfb84e-281f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md