Color
#480cc0
#480cc0rgb(72, 12, 192)hsl(260, 88%, 40%)oklch(0.409 0.234 283.8)Colors that go with #480cc0
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #480cc0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #480cc0's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #480cc0: 6 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Unilever's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #480cc0: 5 real palettes, including Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #480cc0 in 7 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #480cc0: 6 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #480cc0: 4 real palettes, including Absolut's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #480cc0, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #480cc0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #480cc0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.05:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.09:1 | 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 #480cc0 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
#480cc0 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 #480cc0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/480cc0-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?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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