Color
#499afd
#499afdrgb(73, 154, 253)hsl(213, 98%, 64%)oklch(0.683 0.167 255)Colors that go with #499afd
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Tomato 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 #499afd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #499afd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Tomato #ff6347
triadicshippedTomato completes a triad with #499afd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #499afd 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 #499afd in 7 real palettes, including Heatwave and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #499afd, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #499afd in 4 real palettes, including Learning App and Elastic's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #499afd: 8 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #499afd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #499afd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #499afd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#499afd 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 #499afd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/499afd-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-e9f0f1?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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