Color
#5e5b80
#5e5b80rgb(94, 91, 128)hsl(245, 17%, 43%)oklch(0.489 0.059 287.7)Colors that go with #5e5b80
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel Blue 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 #5e5b80: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #5e5b80: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #5e5b80's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #5e5b80, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5e5b80: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e5b80: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e5b80 in 13 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e5b80: 12 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5e5b80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e5b80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.39:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.28:1 | 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 #5e5b80 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 #5e5b80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e5b80-a49cc4-dfa54e-261f2d-e9ecf1?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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