#495f83 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	6.47:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #445879 as the text (7.2:1)
Aaon black	3.25:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #5c77a3 as the text (4.62:1) AAA: use #8398b9 as the text (7.16:1) AA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (4.58:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #495f83 as the background.

Brands using this color

Stripesecondary · #50617a · Δ1.966

Palettes built around it

4b5d8a 8b97b3 c07a4e eef0f4 1f2430

Dusk

Open in tool →

Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.

Cool Muted Elegant

mcpConnect your agent — build around #495f83

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #495f83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/495f83-9ca7c4-df624e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md