Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
Color
#477e94
#477e94
hex
#477e94rgb
rgb(71, 126, 148)hsl
hsl(197, 35%, 43%)oklch
oklch(0.564 0.067 225.9)Closest name: Cry Me a River (#427898)Relative luminance 0.184
Colors that go with #477e94
Charcoal, Copper 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 #477e94: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #477e94: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #477e94 in 10 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #477e94: 12 real palettes, including Campus and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #477e94 in 5 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Mid-Century, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #477e94, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #477e94 in 5 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #477e94
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #477e94 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.49:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.68:1 | 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 #477e94 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#477e94 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #477e94
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #477e94 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/477e94-9cb4c4-df4e6b-1f232d-e9f1ef?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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