Color
#5e4e7e
#5e4e7ergb(94, 78, 126)hsl(260, 24%, 40%)oklch(0.461 0.078 298.6)Colors that go with #5e4e7e
Medium Sea Green, Taupe and Teal 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #5e4e7e in 4 real palettes, including Console Light and Fintech Trust, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5e4e7e in 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5e4e7e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #5e4e7e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #5e4e7e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #5e4e7e in 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #5e4e7e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #5e4e7e in 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #5e4e7e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e4e7e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.32:1 | 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 #5e4e7e 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 #5e4e7e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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