Color
#485b48
#485b48rgb(72, 91, 72)hsl(120, 12%, 32%)oklch(0.449 0.038 144.9)Colors that go with #485b48
Cadet Blue, Champagne and Copper 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #485b48: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #485b48, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #485b48: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #485b48 in 5 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #485b48: 8 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #485b48 in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #485b48 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #485b48 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #485b48: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #485b48
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #485b48 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.33:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.87:1 | 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 #485b48 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #485b48 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/485b48-a2bea5-994edf-1f2d25-edf1e9?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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