Color

#484b56

#484b56
hex#484b56
rgbrgb(72, 75, 86)
hslhsl(227, 9%, 31%)
oklchoklch(0.414 0.019 273.5)
Closest name: Abyssal (#404c57)Relative luminance 0.0708

Colors that go with #484b56

Blue, Blush Pink and Cadet 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#565348

#485256 · #4c4856

#56484b · #4b5648

Split-complementary

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#564c48 · #525648

#564852 · #565348 · #48564c

Contrast

#484b56 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.69:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.42:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6f7485 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #9396a5 as the text (7.15:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bdbdbd (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e8e8e8 (7.09:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #484b56 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

#484b56 reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #484b56
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #484b56 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/484b56-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md