Color
#4f009e
#4f009ergb(79, 0, 158)hsl(270, 100%, 31%)oklch(0.374 0.205 295.1)Colors that go with #4f009e
Cobalt Blue, Midnight Blue and Royal 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.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #4f009e: 4 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #4f009e, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #4f009e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4f009e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #4f009e: 3 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #4f009e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #4f009e: 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 #4f009e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #4f009e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4f009e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.5:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.83:1 | 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 #4f009e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4f009e reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #4f009e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4f009e-b59cc4-c9cb62-2c1f2d-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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