Color

#4b5268

#4b5268
hex#4b5268
rgbrgb(75, 82, 104)
hslhsl(226, 16%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.441 0.037 271)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.0853

Colors that go with #4b5268

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 #4b5268

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#68614b

#4b6068 · #534b68

#684b52 · #52684b

Split-complementary

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#68534b · #60684b

#684b60 · #68614b · #4b6853

Contrast

#4b5268 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.76:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.71:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6b7594 as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #8f96ae as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f5f5f5 (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4b5268 as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4b5268
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 #4b5268 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4b5268-9ca1c4-df774e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md