Color
#4f6572
#4f6572rgb(79, 101, 114)hsl(202, 18%, 38%)oklch(0.494 0.034 234.3)Colors that go with #4f6572
Charcoal, Sienna and Champagne 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4f6572: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #4f6572 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #4f6572, as the surface under it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #4f6572: 4 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #4f6572: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4f6572 in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Greige and Cider put Dark Goldenrod beside #4f6572, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #4f6572: 4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #4f6572
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4f6572 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.11:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.44:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4f6572 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #4f6572 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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