Color
#491ad5
#491ad5rgb(73, 26, 213)hsl(255, 78%, 47%)oklch(0.442 0.249 280.4)Colors that go with #491ad5
Charcoal, Denim and Cobalt 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 text near-black for #491ad5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
analogousshippedDenim is #491ad5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #491ad5: 8 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Zillow's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #491ad5: 6 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #491ad5 in 5 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #491ad5: 6 real palettes, including Cargo's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Purina Pro Plan's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #491ad5, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #491ad5 in 9 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Soundcloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #491ad5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #491ad5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.78:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.39:1 | 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 #491ad5 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
#491ad5 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #491ad5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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