Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#565c8f
#565c8f
hex
#565c8frgb
rgb(86, 92, 143)hsl
hsl(234, 25%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.492 0.082 277.8)Closest name: Berry Jam (#655883)Relative luminance 0.1162
Colors that go with #565c8f
Charcoal, Amber 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #565c8f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #565c8f in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #565c8f, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #565c8f: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #565c8f in 15 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #565c8f: 6 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #565c8f: 4 real palettes, including Sentry's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #565c8f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #565c8f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #565c8f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.32:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.32:1 | 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 #565c8f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #565c8f
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #565c8f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/565c8f-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.
Machine-readable: color.md