Color
#494d65
#494d65rgb(73, 77, 101)hsl(231, 16%, 34%)oklch(0.426 0.04 277.2)Colors that go with #494d65
Steel Blue, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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 #494d65's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #494d65: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #494d65, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #494d65: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #494d65 in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #494d65: 8 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #494d65 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Open House, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #494d65: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #494d65
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #494d65 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.29:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.53:1 | 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 #494d65 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 #494d65 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/494d65-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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