Color
#474c80
#474c80rgb(71, 76, 128)hsl(235, 29%, 39%)oklch(0.437 0.085 278.1)Colors that go with #474c80
Steel Blue, Blue and Cornflower 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #474c80's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #474c80, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #474c80: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #474c80 in 9 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #474c80: 12 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #474c80 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #474c80, as that palette's text colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #474c80: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #474c80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #474c80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.04:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.61:1 | 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 #474c80 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 #474c80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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