Color
#494f83
#494f83rgb(73, 79, 131)hsl(234, 28%, 40%)oklch(0.447 0.085 277.4)Colors that go with #494f83
Steel Blue, Blue and Cornflower 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 #494f83's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #494f83, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #494f83: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #494f83 in 13 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #494f83: 16 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #494f83: 5 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #494f83 in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #494f83: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #494f83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #494f83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.69:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.73:1 | 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 #494f83 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 #494f83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/494f83-9d9cc4-df8a4e-241f2d-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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