Color
#49016a
#49016argb(73, 1, 106)hsl(281, 98%, 21%)oklch(0.313 0.157 310.1)Colors that go with #49016a
Forest Green, Charcoal and Crimson 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.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #49016a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #49016a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #49016a in 3 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Gillette's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #49016a, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #49016a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #49016a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #49016a: two real palettes: Blue Mono and Purina Pro Plan's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #49016a: two real palettes: Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #49016a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #49016a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.04:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.5:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #49016a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#49016a reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #49016a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/49016a-ba9fc1-b6cb62-2d1f2c-ebe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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