Color
#480c97
#480c97rgb(72, 12, 151)hsl(266, 85%, 32%)oklch(0.364 0.193 292.7)Colors that go with #480c97
Midnight Blue, Royal Blue and Olive Green 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #480c97, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #480c97's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #480c97 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Pepsi's brand system put Blue beside #480c97, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #480c97: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #480c97: 3 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #480c97 in 3 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Boeing's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #480c97 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #480c97
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #480c97 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.78:1 | 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 #480c97 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#480c97 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 #480c97 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/480c97-b29cc4-dfd74e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?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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