Color
#480e62
#480e62rgb(72, 14, 98)hsl(281, 75%, 22%)oklch(0.313 0.139 312.2)Colors that go with #480e62
Crimson, Denim and Tomato 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #480e62 in 5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #480e62: 5 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Discover's brand system, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #480e62, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #480e62 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 #480e62: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #480e62's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #480e62 in 3 real palettes, including Gillette's brand system and American Eagle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #480e62: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #480e62
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #480e62 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.86:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.51:1 | 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 #480e62 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
#480e62 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #480e62 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/480e62-ba9fc1-b6cb62-2d1f2c-ebe9f1?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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