Color
#545a7d
#545a7drgb(84, 90, 125)hsl(231, 20%, 41%)oklch(0.477 0.057 276.5)Colors that go with #545a7d
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 #545a7d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #545a7d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #545a7d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #545a7d, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #545a7d: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #545a7d: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #545a7d in 14 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #545a7d: 15 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #545a7d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #545a7d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.14:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #545a7d 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 #545a7d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/545a7d-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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