Color
#490d3a
#490d3argb(73, 13, 58)hsl(315, 70%, 17%)oklch(0.286 0.104 340)Colors that go with #490d3a
Charcoal, Crimson and Sea Green 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 #490d3a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #490d3a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #490d3a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #490d3a in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #490d3a, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #490d3a: 6 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Allbirds's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #490d3a, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #490d3a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #490d3a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | 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 #490d3a 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
#490d3a 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 #490d3a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/490d3a-c19fb4-7bcb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?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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