Color
#496d8d
#496d8drgb(73, 109, 141)hsl(208, 32%, 42%)oklch(0.521 0.065 246.3)Colors that go with #496d8d
Charcoal, Sienna 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 #496d8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #496d8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #496d8d in 5 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #496d8d: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #496d8d: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #496d8d in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Amazon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #496d8d: 8 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and Campus, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #496d8d: 5 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #496d8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #496d8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.45:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.86:1 | 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 #496d8d 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 #496d8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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