Color
#494b8d
#494b8drgb(73, 75, 141)hsl(238, 32%, 42%)oklch(0.444 0.107 279.8)Colors that go with #494b8d
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #494b8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #494b8d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #494b8d, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #494b8d in 9 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #494b8d: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped13 real palettes, including First Snow and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #494b8d, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #494b8d in 12 real palettes, including Motorola's brand system and Carrefour's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green shows up next to #494b8d in 4 real palettes, including Jack Daniel's's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #494b8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #494b8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.67:1 | 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 #494b8d 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 #494b8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/494b8d-9f9cc4-df944e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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