Color
#504c85
#504c85rgb(80, 76, 133)hsl(244, 27%, 41%)oklch(0.447 0.092 285.2)Colors that go with #504c85
Charcoal, Steel Blue and 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #504c85: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #504c85's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #504c85, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #504c85 in 8 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #504c85: 11 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #504c85: 4 real palettes, including Cobalt Pop and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including First Snow and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #504c85, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #504c85 in 10 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and Motorola's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #504c85
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #504c85 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.71:1 | 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 #504c85 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 #504c85 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/504c85-a39cc4-dfa24e-261f2d-e9edf1?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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