Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#4d868f
#4d868f
hex
#4d868frgb
rgb(77, 134, 143)hsl
hsl(188, 30%, 43%)oklch
oklch(0.584 0.061 208.6)Closest name: Arctic (#648589)Relative luminance 0.2061
Colors that go with #4d868f
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4d868f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #4d868f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #4d868f in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #4d868f, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #4d868f: 6 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4d868f in 11 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #4d868f: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4d868f: 14 real palettes, including Campus and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #4d868f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4d868f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.1:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.12:1 | 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 #4d868f 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 #4d868f
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 #4d868f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/4d868f-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md