Color
#565a7b
#565a7brgb(86, 90, 123)hsl(234, 18%, 41%)oklch(0.477 0.053 278.8)Colors that go with #565a7b
Charcoal, Steel Blue and Copper 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 #565a7b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #565a7b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #565a7b: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #565a7b in 10 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #565a7b: 10 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #565a7b: 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #565a7b in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #565a7b in 4 real palettes, including Console Light and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #565a7b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #565a7b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.68:1 | 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 #565a7b 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 #565a7b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/565a7b-9d9cc4-df8a4e-241f2d-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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