Color
#4d989d
#4d989drgb(77, 152, 157)hsl(184, 34%, 46%)oklch(0.634 0.075 201.2)Colors that go with #4d989d
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #4d989d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #4d989d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4d989d in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4d989d: 11 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #4d989d in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4d989d, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Campus put Orange beside #4d989d, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #4d989d in 5 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #4d989d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4d989d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.29:1 | 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 #4d989d 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 #4d989d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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