Color

#494f69

#494f69
hex#494f69
rgbrgb(73, 79, 105)
hslhsl(229, 18%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.433 0.044 274.4)
Closest name: Freefall (#565266)Relative luminance 0.0803

Colors that go with #494f69

Steel Blue, Blue and Cadet 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.

Real palettes that use #494f69

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#696349

#495f69 · #534969

#69494f · #4f6949

Split-complementary

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#695349 · #5f6949

#69495f · #696349 · #496953

Contrast

#494f69 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.06:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.61:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6c7499 as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #9096b2 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #494f69 as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #494f69
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #494f69 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/494f69-9c9fc4-df7e4e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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