Color
#55456e
#55456ergb(85, 69, 110)hsl(263, 23%, 35%)oklch(0.425 0.069 301.5)Colors that go with #55456e
Teal, Blue and Crimson 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.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #55456e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #55456e, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #55456e in 8 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #55456e: 9 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #55456e in 4 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #55456e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #55456e in 4 real palettes, including Tumblr's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #55456e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #55456e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #55456e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.53:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.46:1 | 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 #55456e 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 #55456e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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