Color
#514d99
#514d99rgb(81, 77, 153)hsl(243, 33%, 45%)oklch(0.463 0.12 283)Colors that go with #514d99
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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 #514d99: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #514d99's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #514d99 in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #514d99: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #514d99 in 9 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #514d99: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #514d99, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #514d99 in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #514d99
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #514d99 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.87:1 | 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 #514d99 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 #514d99 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/514d99-a39cc4-dfa04e-261f2d-e9edf1?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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