Color

#479dbd

#479dbd
hex#479dbd
rgbrgb(71, 157, 189)
hslhsl(196, 47%, 51%)
oklchoklch(0.656 0.095 225.5)
Closest name: Canadian Tuxedo (#579aca)Relative luminance 0.2913

Colors that go with #479dbd

Charcoal, Amber and Copper 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.

Real palettes that use #479dbd

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bd6747

#47bda1 · #4763bd

#bd479d · #9dbd47

Split-complementary

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#bd4763 · #bda147

#a147bd · #bd6747 · #63bd47

Contrast

#479dbd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.08:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #377f9a as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #295d70 as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (4.6:1)
Aaon black
6.83:1passpassfail

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #479dbd 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

#479dbd reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #479dbd
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #479dbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/479dbd-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md