Color
#505491
#505491rgb(80, 84, 145)hsl(236, 29%, 44%)oklch(0.471 0.098 279.1)Colors that go with #505491
Charcoal, Steel Blue and Amber 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 #505491: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #505491's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #505491 in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #505491, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #505491 in 14 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #505491: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #505491: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #505491: 7 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #505491
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #505491 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.96:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.02:1 | 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 #505491 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 #505491 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/505491-9e9cc4-df8f4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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