Color
#523cbe
#523cbergb(82, 60, 190)hsl(250, 52%, 49%)oklch(0.463 0.193 283.6)Colors that go with #523cbe
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #523cbe: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #523cbe: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #523cbe'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 #523cbe in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #523cbe, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #523cbe: 6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #523cbe in 13 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #523cbe: 4 real palettes, including Coursera's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #523cbe
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #523cbe as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.64:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.75:1 | 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 #523cbe 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
#523cbe reads as cool, modern. 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 #523cbe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/523cbe-a79cc4-dfb14e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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