Color
#4e4479
#4e4479rgb(78, 68, 121)hsl(251, 28%, 37%)oklch(0.422 0.087 290.9)Colors that go with #4e4479
Steel Blue, Denim and Midnight Blue 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #4e4479's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #4e4479 in 8 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #4e4479 in 9 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #4e4479 in 6 real palettes, including First Snow and Glacier, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #4e4479 in 6 real palettes, including Console Light and Zoom's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #4e4479 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #4e4479: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #4e4479: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #4e4479
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e4479 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.65:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.43:1 | 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 #4e4479 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 #4e4479 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e4479-a89cc4-dfb34e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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