Color

#49536f

#49536f
hex#49536f
rgbrgb(73, 83, 111)
hslhsl(224, 21%, 36%)
oklchoklch(0.445 0.048 269.2)
Closest name: Deep Indigo (#4c567a)Relative luminance 0.0875

Colors that go with #49536f

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 #49536f

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#6f6549

#49666f · #52496f

#6f4953 · #536f49

Split-complementary

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#6f5249 · #666f49

#6f4966 · #6f6549 · #496f52

Contrast

#49536f as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.64:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.75:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #68769c as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #8a95b2 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f5f5f5 (7:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #49536f as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #49536f
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 #49536f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/49536f-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md