Coastal
Open in tool →Sea-teal, sky and sand — bright without shouting; works for travel, wellness, and anything near water.
Color
#479a8a
#479a8a
hex
#479a8argb
rgb(71, 154, 138)hsl
hsl(168, 37%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.63 0.085 179)Closest name: Highlands (#449084)Relative luminance 0.2629
Colors that go with #479a8a
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #479a8a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #479a8a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #479a8a, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #479a8a in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #479a8a in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #479a8a: 9 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #479a8a, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Campus put Orange beside #479a8a, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #479a8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.36:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.26:1 | 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 #479a8a 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
mcpConnect your agent — build around #479a8a
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 #479a8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/479a8a-a2bebc-d459ad-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md