Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Color
#5e717d
#5e717d
hex
#5e717drgb
rgb(94, 113, 125)hsl
hsl(203, 14%, 43%)oklch
oklch(0.537 0.029 235.8)Closest name: Ashen Whisper (#646b7a)Relative luminance 0.1567
Colors that go with #5e717d
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 that reads cleanly against #5e717d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5e717d in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #5e717d, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5e717d: 6 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e717d: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e717d in 10 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #5e717d: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Warp's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e717d: 13 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5e717d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e717d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.13:1 | 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 #5e717d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #5e717d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #5e717d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/5e717d-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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