Color
#480cdf
#480cdfrgb(72, 12, 223)hsl(257, 90%, 46%)oklch(0.445 0.265 279.3)Colors that go with #480cdf
Olive Green, Charcoal and Slate Gray 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.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #480cdf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #480cdf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #480cdf in 3 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Campus, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #480cdf — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #480cdf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementSienna is a split-complement of #480cdf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
analogousshippedDark Orchid is #480cdf's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #480cdf in two real palettes: Coinbase's brand system and Gemstone — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #480cdf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #480cdf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.77:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.39:1 | 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 #480cdf 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
#480cdf 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 #480cdf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/480cdf-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-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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