Color
#495188
#495188rgb(73, 81, 136)hsl(232, 30%, 41%)oklch(0.454 0.09 275.9)Colors that go with #495188
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #495188: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #495188 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #495188'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 #495188, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #495188 in 9 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #495188: 6 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #495188 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including First Snow and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #495188, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #495188
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #495188 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.46:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.82:1 | 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 #495188 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 #495188 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/495188-9c9dc4-df864e-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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