Color
#499dab
#499dabrgb(73, 157, 171)hsl(189, 40%, 48%)oklch(0.65 0.083 209.9)Colors that go with #499dab
Charcoal, Terracotta and Copper 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 #499dab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #499dab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #499dab: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #499dab in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #499dab: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #499dab, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Graphite put Orange beside #499dab, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #499dab: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #499dab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #499dab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.14:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #499dab as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#499dab 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 #499dab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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