Color
#56497e
#56497ergb(86, 73, 126)hsl(255, 27%, 39%)oklch(0.443 0.086 293.9)Colors that go with #56497e
Sea Green, Steel Blue and 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #56497e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #56497e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #56497e, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #56497e in 8 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #56497e: 13 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #56497e, as that palette's text colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #56497e: 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Glacier, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #56497e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #56497e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56497e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.92:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.65:1 | 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 #56497e 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 #56497e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56497e-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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