Color
#556ca5
#556ca5rgb(85, 108, 165)hsl(223, 32%, 49%)oklch(0.538 0.094 266.6)Colors that go with #556ca5
Charcoal, Sea Green and Dark Olive Green 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 #556ca5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #556ca5 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #556ca5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #556ca5 in 8 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #556ca5, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #556ca5: 8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #556ca5 in 17 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #556ca5: 6 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #556ca5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #556ca5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.15:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.07:1 | 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 #556ca5 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 #556ca5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/556ca5-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?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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