Color
#4a048f
#4a048frgb(74, 4, 143)hsl(270, 95%, 29%)oklch(0.353 0.189 296.5)Colors that go with #4a048f
Royal Blue, Olive Green and Charcoal 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #4a048f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4a048f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4a048f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Gillette's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4a048f, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #4a048f: 3 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #4a048f in 3 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Gillette's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #4a048f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #4a048f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #4a048f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4a048f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.71:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4a048f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4a048f reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #4a048f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4a048f-b59cc4-c9cb62-2c1f2d-eae9f1?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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