Color
#480d9b
#480d9brgb(72, 13, 155)hsl(265, 85%, 33%)oklch(0.368 0.196 291.6)Colors that go with #480d9b
Royal Blue, Cobalt Blue and Crimson 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #480d9b'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 #480d9b: 4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #480d9b in 4 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #480d9b, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #480d9b: 4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #480d9b 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 #480d9b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #480d9b: 3 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #480d9b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #480d9b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.81:1 | 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 #480d9b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#480d9b 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 #480d9b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/480d9b-b19cc4-dfd54e-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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