Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
Color
#4c809a
#4c809a
hex
#4c809argb
rgb(76, 128, 154)hsl
hsl(200, 34%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.574 0.069 231.4)Closest name: Cry Me a River (#427898)Relative luminance 0.1931
Colors that go with #4c809a
Charcoal, Copper and Cobalt 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4c809a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #4c809a: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4c809a in 10 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4c809a: 14 real palettes, including Campus and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #4c809a in 5 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Ledger Dark, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4c809a, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #4c809a in 4 real palettes, including Gallery and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #4c809a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4c809a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.86:1 | 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 #4c809a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #4c809a
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #4c809a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/4c809a-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-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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