Color
#5526ba
#5526bargb(85, 38, 186)hsl(259, 66%, 44%)oklch(0.434 0.211 288.7)Colors that go with #5526ba
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Cornflower 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 #5526ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #5526ba's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #5526ba: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Peacock's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5526ba in 4 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5526ba: 7 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #5526ba, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #5526ba in 4 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Soundcloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped5 real palettes, including dbt Labs's brand system and FedEx's brand system put Tomato beside #5526ba, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5526ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5526ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.37:1 | 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 #5526ba as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#5526ba reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #5526ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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