Color
#5b4974
#5b4974rgb(91, 73, 116)hsl(265, 23%, 37%)oklch(0.442 0.072 302.8)Colors that go with #5b4974
Teal, Crimson and Denim 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 #5b4974 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5b4974 in 6 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5b4974: 10 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5b4974, as that palette's text colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #5b4974: 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Nursery, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5b4974 in 9 real palettes, including Console Light and Stripe's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #5b4974 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #5b4974: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #5b4974
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5b4974 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 #5b4974 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 #5b4974 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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