Color
#4e1281
#4e1281rgb(78, 18, 129)hsl(272, 76%, 29%)oklch(0.353 0.167 302.4)Colors that go with #4e1281
Crimson, Tomato and Olive Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4e1281 in 5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Lenovo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #4e1281, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4e1281 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4e1281: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Gillette's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4e1281, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #4e1281's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #4e1281: 3 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #4e1281 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #4e1281
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e1281 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.16:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.73:1 | 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 #4e1281 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4e1281 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 #4e1281 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e1281-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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