Color
#5d5572
#5d5572rgb(93, 85, 114)hsl(257, 15%, 39%)oklch(0.469 0.047 297.2)Colors that go with #5d5572
Teal, Champagne and Copper 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 #5d5572 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #5d5572, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5d5572: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5d5572 in 7 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5d5572: 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 #5d5572 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #5d5572 in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #5d5572: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #5d5572
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5d5572 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.98:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.01:1 | 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 #5d5572 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 #5d5572 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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