Color
#490e5d
#490e5drgb(73, 14, 93)hsl(285, 74%, 21%)oklch(0.311 0.134 315.5)Colors that go with #490e5d
Crimson, Denim and Midnight 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #490e5d in 5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #490e5d: 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Discover's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #490e5d, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #490e5d: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #490e5d 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 #490e5d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #490e5d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #490e5d in 3 real palettes, including Gillette's brand system and American Eagle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #490e5d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #490e5d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.96:1 | 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 #490e5d 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
#490e5d 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 #490e5d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/490e5d-bc9fc1-afcb62-2d1f2b-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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