Color
#496db6
#496db6rgb(73, 109, 182)hsl(220, 43%, 50%)oklch(0.543 0.122 263.1)Colors that go with #496db6
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 #496db6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #496db6 — 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 #496db6 in 8 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #496db6 in 11 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #496db6 in 8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and General Mills's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #496db6 in 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #496db6 in 11 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #496db6 in 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #496db6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #496db6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.06:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.15:1 | 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 #496db6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#496db6 reads as cool, modern. 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 #496db6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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