Color

#48566a

#48566a
hex#48566a
rgbrgb(72, 86, 106)
hslhsl(215, 19%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.449 0.037 257.3)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.0907

Colors that go with #48566a

Sienna, Blue 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.

Real palettes that use #48566a

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#6a5c48

#48676a · #4b486a

#6a4856 · #566a48

Split-complementary

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#6a4b48 · #676a48

#6a4867 · #6a5c48 · #486a4b

Contrast

#48566a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.46:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.81:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #637792 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #8998ae as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #fafafa (7.15:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #48566a as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #48566a
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 #48566a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/48566a-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md