Color
#488bad
#488badrgb(72, 139, 173)hsl(200, 41%, 48%)oklch(0.607 0.085 232.7)Colors that go with #488bad
Charcoal, Copper and Cobalt Blue 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 #488bad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #488bad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #488bad in 6 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #488bad in 6 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #488bad in 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #488bad in 13 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #488bad in 5 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Sapphire & Gold, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green is paired with #488bad in 4 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Perplexity's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #488bad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #488bad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.77:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.57:1 | 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 #488bad as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#488bad reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #488bad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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