Color
#6040ba
#6040bargb(96, 64, 186)hsl(256, 49%, 49%)oklch(0.478 0.182 289.8)Colors that go with #6040ba
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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 #6040ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #6040ba's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #6040ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6040ba in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #6040ba, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6040ba: 4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #6040ba: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6040ba in 11 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6040ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6040ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.14:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.94:1 | 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 #6040ba as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#6040ba reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #6040ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6040ba-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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