Color
#491d39
#491d39rgb(73, 29, 57)hsl(322, 43%, 20%)oklch(0.306 0.077 343.6)Colors that go with #491d39
Charcoal, Sea Green and Teal 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 #491d39: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #491d39: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #491d39 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 #491d39 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #491d39, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #491d39, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #491d39: 9 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #491d39
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #491d39 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.52:1 | 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 #491d39 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
#491d39 reads as warm, dark, luxury. 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 #491d39 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/491d39-c19fb1-6ecb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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