Color

#484e51

#484e51
hex#484e51
rgbrgb(72, 78, 81)
hslhsl(200, 6%, 30%)
oklchoklch(0.42 0.009 229.1)
Closest name: Abyssal (#404c57)Relative luminance 0.0742

Colors that go with #484e51

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 →

#514b48

#485150 · #484951

#51484e · #4e5148

Split-complementary

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#514849 · #515048

#504851 · #514b48 · #495148

Contrast

#484e51 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.45:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.48:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6e787c as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #90999d as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bfbfbf (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ebebeb (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 #484e51 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

#484e51 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #484e51
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 #484e51 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/484e51-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md