Color
#5f487a
#5f487argb(95, 72, 122)hsl(268, 26%, 38%)oklch(0.447 0.084 304.4)Colors that go with #5f487a
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight 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 #5f487a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5f487a: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5f487a, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5f487a in 7 real palettes, including Console Light and Stripe's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5f487a in 9 real palettes, including Dusk and GitHub's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5f487a — 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 #5f487a 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 #5f487a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #5f487a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5f487a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.69:1 | 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 #5f487a 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 #5f487a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5f487a-b39cc4-dfdc4e-2c1f2d-e9eaf1?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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