Color
#509495
#509495rgb(80, 148, 149)hsl(181, 30%, 45%)oklch(0.622 0.069 196.8)Colors that go with #509495
Charcoal, Copper and Cobalt 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 #509495: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #509495: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #509495: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #509495 in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #509495: 10 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #509495 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #509495, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Campus and Gopro's brand system put Orange beside #509495, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #509495
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #509495 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.49:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.01:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #509495 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 #509495 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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