Color
#495aff
#495affrgb(73, 90, 255)hsl(234, 100%, 64%)oklch(0.561 0.242 271.4)Colors that go with #495aff
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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 #495aff: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #495aff — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #495aff in 6 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Signal's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #495aff, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #495aff: 10 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #495aff: 7 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #495aff in 10 real palettes, including Toyota's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #495aff: 6 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #495aff
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #495aff as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.01:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.19:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #495aff as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#495aff reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #495aff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/495aff-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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