Color
#499dca
#499dcargb(73, 157, 202)hsl(201, 55%, 54%)oklch(0.663 0.105 234.9)Colors that go with #499dca
Charcoal, Bronze 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 #499dca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Bronze #cd7f32
complementaryshippedBronze sits directly opposite #499dca 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 #499dca in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #499dca, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #499dca in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #499dca: 4 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #499dca: 10 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #499dca in 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #499dca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #499dca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.96:1 | 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 #499dca as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#499dca 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 #499dca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/499dca-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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