Color
#5b00bd
#5b00bdrgb(91, 0, 189)hsl(269, 100%, 37%)oklch(0.421 0.234 293)Colors that go with #5b00bd
Olive Green, Charcoal and Cornflower 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.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #5b00bd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #5b00bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #5b00bd: 3 real palettes, including Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #5b00bd, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including dbt Labs's brand system and FedEx's brand system put Tomato beside #5b00bd, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5b00bd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #5b00bd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #5b00bd'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 #5b00bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5b00bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.18:1 | 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 #5b00bd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#5b00bd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #5b00bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5b00bd-b49cc4-cbcb62-2c1f2d-e9e9f1?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