Color
#486d84
#486d84rgb(72, 109, 132)hsl(203, 29%, 40%)oklch(0.516 0.056 236.6)Colors that go with #486d84
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #486d84 in 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #486d84 in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Gemstone, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #486d84 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #486d84 in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Indigo SaaS, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #486d84 in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #486d84 in 6 real palettes, including Graphite and Riverbed, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sienna #a0522d
complementarySienna sits directly opposite #486d84 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #486d84
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #486d84 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.8:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #486d84 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 #486d84 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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