Color
#490d7d
#490d7drgb(73, 13, 125)hsl(272, 81%, 27%)oklch(0.339 0.166 301.4)Colors that go with #490d7d
Olive Green, Teal 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.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #490d7d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #490d7d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #490d7d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #490d7d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #490d7d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicSienna completes a triad with #490d7d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #490d7d in Blue Mono, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #490d7d in Blue Mono, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #490d7d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #490d7d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.64:1 | 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 #490d7d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#490d7d 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 #490d7d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/490d7d-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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