Color

#4d485b

#4d485b
hex#4d485b
rgbrgb(77, 72, 91)
hslhsl(256, 12%, 32%)
oklchoklch(0.414 0.032 297)
Closest name: Black Magic (#4f4554)Relative luminance 0.0697

Colors that go with #4d485b

Teal, Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#565b48

#484c5b · #57485b

#5b4d48 · #485b4d

Split-complementary

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#5b5748 · #4c5b48

#5b484c · #565b48 · #485b57

Contrast

#4d485b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.77:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.39:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #78708f as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #9992aa as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bababa (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4d485b as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4d485b
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 #4d485b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4d485b-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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