Color

#4a5368

#4a5368
hex#4a5368
rgbrgb(74, 83, 104)
hslhsl(222, 17%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.443 0.037 266.7)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.0864

Colors that go with #4a5368

Steel Blue, Blue and Cadet Blue 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.

Real palettes that use #4a5368

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#685f4a

#4a6268 · #504a68

#684a53 · #53684a

Split-complementary

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#68504a · #62684a

#684a62 · #685f4a · #4a6850

Contrast

#4a5368 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.7:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.73:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #687492 as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #8e98af as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f5f5f5 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4a5368 as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4a5368
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #4a5368 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4a5368-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md