Color
#495388
#495388rgb(73, 83, 136)hsl(230, 30%, 41%)oklch(0.458 0.087 274.4)Colors that go with #495388
Goldenrod, Midnight Blue and Taupe 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.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #495388 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #495388 in 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #495388 in 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #495388 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #495388 in 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #495388: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #495388 in 3 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #495388 in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #495388
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #495388 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.88:1 | 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 #495388 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 #495388 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/495388-9c9ec4-df814e-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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