Color
#5c4e83
#5c4e83rgb(92, 78, 131)hsl(256, 25%, 41%)oklch(0.461 0.085 295)Colors that go with #5c4e83
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #5c4e83: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #5c4e83's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5c4e83 in 7 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5c4e83: 10 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including First Snow and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5c4e83, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5c4e83 in 11 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #5c4e83: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5c4e83 in 11 real palettes, including Dusk and GitHub's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #5c4e83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5c4e83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.87:1 | 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 #5c4e83 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 #5c4e83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5c4e83-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-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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