Color

#484f5b

#484f5b
hex#484f5b
rgbrgb(72, 79, 91)
hslhsl(218, 12%, 32%)
oklchoklch(0.426 0.022 261.3)
Closest name: Abyssal (#404c57)Relative luminance 0.0773

Colors that go with #484f5b

Blue, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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 →

#5b5448

#48595b · #4a485b

#5b484f · #4f5b48

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#5b4a48 · #595b48

#5b4859 · #5b5448 · #485b4a

Contrast

#484f5b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.25:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.55:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6c7689 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #8d96a5 as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ededed (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #484f5b as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #484f5b
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 #484f5b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/484f5b-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md