Color
#0497c8
#0497c8rgb(4, 151, 200)hsl(195, 96%, 40%)oklch(0.634 0.126 230.5)Colors that go with #0497c8
Charcoal, Amber and Cobalt 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 #0497c8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0497c8 in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0497c8: 5 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0497c8 in 7 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Retro Pop, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0497c8: 7 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #0497c8: 19 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #0497c8 in 5 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Chevrolet's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
split-complementshippedRed is a split-complement of #0497c8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #0497c8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0497c8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.27:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0497c8 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
#0497c8 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #0497c8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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