Color
#490343
#490343rgb(73, 3, 67)hsl(305, 92%, 15%)oklch(0.283 0.123 332.5)Colors that go with #490343
Charcoal, Denim and Powder 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 body-text near-black for #490343: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #490343: 7 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Discover's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #490343: 4 real palettes, including Sorbet and Opera's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #490343 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #490343: 3 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralshippedCream is the surface #490343 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #490343 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #490343 in 3 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Pinterest's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Pink #ffb6c1
shippedLight Pink shows up next to #490343 in 3 real palettes, including Sorbet and Macaron, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #490343
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #490343 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.25:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.38:1 | 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 #490343 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
#490343 reads as warm, 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 #490343 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/490343-c19fba-8ccb62-2d1f26-eee9f1?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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