Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#48878e
#48878e
hex
#48878ergb
rgb(72, 135, 142)hsl
hsl(186, 33%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.584 0.066 204.9)Closest name: Arctic (#648589)Relative luminance 0.2066
Colors that go with #48878e
Charcoal, Copper and Amber 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 #48878e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #48878e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #48878e in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #48878e, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #48878e: 6 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #48878e in 11 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #48878e: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #48878e: 14 real palettes, including Peacock and Campus, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #48878e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48878e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.09:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.13:1 | 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 #48878e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #48878e
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #48878e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/48878e-a2b8be-df4e86-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md