Color

#4e556a

#4e556a
hex#4e556a
rgbrgb(78, 85, 106)
hslhsl(225, 15%, 36%)
oklchoklch(0.452 0.036 270.5)
Closest name: Black Orchid (#525463)Relative luminance 0.0916

Colors that go with #4e556a

Steel Blue, Blue and Blush Pink 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#6a634e

#4e636a · #554e6a

#6a4e55 · #556a4e

Split-complementary

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#6a554e · #636a4e

#6a4e63 · #6a634e · #4e6a55

Contrast

#4e556a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.42:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.83:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6a7490 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #9097ad as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cccccc (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #fafafa (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4e556a as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4e556a
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #4e556a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4e556a-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md