Color
#4c857a
#4c857argb(76, 133, 122)hsl(168, 27%, 41%)oklch(0.574 0.063 180.2)Colors that go with #4c857a
Charcoal, Copper and Champagne 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 #4c857a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #4c857a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #4c857a, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #4c857a: 4 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4c857a in 8 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Five Guys's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4c857a: 9 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #4c857a in 6 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #4c857a, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #4c857a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4c857a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.94:1 | 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 #4c857a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #4c857a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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