Color
#4e0051
#4e0051rgb(78, 0, 81)hsl(298, 100%, 16%)oklch(0.3 0.139 326.5)Colors that go with #4e0051
Forest Green, Blue and Denim 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.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #4e0051 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #4e0051, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4e0051: 3 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #4e0051: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #4e0051: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4e0051: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4e0051 in two real palettes: Lenovo's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa
shippedTwo real palettes: Blossom and Macaron put Pale Goldenrod beside #4e0051, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #4e0051
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e0051 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.56:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.44:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4e0051 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#4e0051 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #4e0051 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e0051-c19fbe-98cb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?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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