Color

#4a8ebf

#4a8ebf
hex#4a8ebf
rgbrgb(74, 142, 191)
hslhsl(205, 48%, 52%)
oklchoklch(0.623 0.101 242.1)
Closest name: steelblue (#4682b4)Relative luminance 0.2456

Colors that go with #4a8ebf

Charcoal, Copper 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bf7b4a

#4abfb6 · #4a54bf

#bf4a8e · #8ebf4a

Split-complementary

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#bf4a54 · #bfb64a

#b64abf · #bf7b4a · #54bf4a

Contrast

#4a8ebf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.55:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #3c7caa as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #2c5b7d as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.53:1)
Aaon black
5.91:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #609cc7 as the text (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4a8ebf 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

#4a8ebf reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4a8ebf
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 #4a8ebf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4a8ebf-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md