Color
#490f57
#490f57rgb(73, 15, 87)hsl(288, 71%, 20%)oklch(0.307 0.127 318.8)Colors that go with #490f57
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 #490f57 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 #490f57: 7 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Visa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #490f57, as that palette's text colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #490f57: 5 real palettes, including Macaron and Sorbet, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Campus and Bloomberg's brand system put Slate Gray beside #490f57, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #490f57 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #490f57: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #490f57: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #490f57
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #490f57 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.1:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.49:1 | 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 #490f57 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
#490f57 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 #490f57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/490f57-be9fc1-aacb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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