Color
#487c8e
#487c8ergb(72, 124, 142)hsl(195, 33%, 42%)oklch(0.557 0.062 222.3)Colors that go with #487c8e
Charcoal, Sienna 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #487c8e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #487c8e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #487c8e, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #487c8e: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #487c8e in 10 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #487c8e: 14 real palettes, including Campus and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #487c8e in 5 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Mid-Century, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #487c8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #487c8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #487c8e 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 #487c8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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