Color
#5a5170
#5a5170rgb(90, 81, 112)hsl(257, 16%, 38%)oklch(0.456 0.051 297.7)Colors that go with #5a5170
Teal, Copper 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 #5a5170 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5a5170: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5a5170 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5a5170: 11 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #5a5170 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Fireside, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #5a5170 in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #5a5170, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #5a5170: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #5a5170
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5a5170 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.38:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.85:1 | 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 #5a5170 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 #5a5170 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5a5170-ac9cc4-dfc24e-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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