Color
#493bb5
#493bb5rgb(73, 59, 181)hsl(247, 51%, 47%)oklch(0.446 0.184 281.1)Colors that go with #493bb5
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #493bb5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #493bb5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #493bb5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #493bb5 in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #493bb5, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #493bb5: 6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #493bb5 in 10 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
analogousshippedDark Orchid is #493bb5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #493bb5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #493bb5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.58:1 | 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 #493bb5 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
#493bb5 reads as cool, modern. 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 #493bb5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/493bb5-a59cc4-dfaa4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?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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