Named color
Abyssal
#404c57rgb(64, 76, 87)hsl(209, 15%, 30%)oklch(0.41 0.024 246.1)Abyssal on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Abyssal
Blue, Blush Pink and Cadet 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside Abyssal, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside Abyssal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Abyssal: 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside Abyssal, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Abyssal: 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Abyssal in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Abyssal: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Vimeo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface Abyssal was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use Abyssal
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Abyssal as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.39:1 | 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 Abyssal as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Abyssal reads as cool, muted, dark. 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 #404c57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/404c57-9cacc4-df4e4e-1f212d-e9f1f1?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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