Color
#485b4d
#485b4drgb(72, 91, 77)hsl(136, 12%, 32%)oklch(0.451 0.033 153)Colors that go with #485b4d
Blush Pink, 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.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #485b4d, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #485b4d: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #485b4d, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #485b4d: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #485b4d in 5 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Cider put Dark Goldenrod beside #485b4d, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #485b4d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #485b4d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #485b4d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #485b4d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.29:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.88:1 | 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 #485b4d 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 #485b4d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/485b4d-a2bead-b959d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?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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