Color
#49455e
#49455ergb(73, 69, 94)hsl(250, 15%, 32%)oklch(0.405 0.042 291.8)Colors that go with #49455e
Steel Blue, Teal and 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #49455e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #49455e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #49455e, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #49455e, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #49455e: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #49455e, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #49455e: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bramble, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #49455e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #49455e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #49455e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.3:1 | 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 #49455e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #49455e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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