Color
#488478
#488478rgb(72, 132, 120)hsl(168, 29%, 40%)oklch(0.569 0.066 179.4)Colors that go with #488478
Charcoal, Rust 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 #488478: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #488478: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #488478 in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #488478 in 4 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #488478 in 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #488478 in 7 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Five Guys's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #488478 in 9 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #488478 in 6 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #488478
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #488478 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.33:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.85:1 | 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 #488478 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 #488478 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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