Color
#489ea3
#489ea3rgb(72, 158, 163)hsl(183, 39%, 46%)oklch(0.649 0.083 200.5)Colors that go with #489ea3
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Copper 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 #489ea3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #489ea3, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #489ea3: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #489ea3 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #489ea3: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #489ea3, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Graphite put Orange beside #489ea3, as the accent.
Indian Red #cd5c5c
complementaryIndian Red sits directly opposite #489ea3 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 #489ea3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #489ea3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.14:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.7:1 | 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 #489ea3 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#489ea3 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 #489ea3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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