Color
#5d617e
#5d617ergb(93, 97, 126)hsl(233, 15%, 43%)oklch(0.5 0.046 278.5)Colors that go with #5d617e
Charcoal, Amber and Champagne 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 #5d617e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5d617e in 5 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #5d617e, as the surface under it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5d617e: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5d617e: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5d617e in 14 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5d617e: 11 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #5d617e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #5d617e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5d617e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.04:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | 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 #5d617e as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #5d617e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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