Color
#61499c
#61499crgb(97, 73, 156)hsl(257, 36%, 45%)oklch(0.472 0.13 294.2)Colors that go with #61499c
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #61499c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #61499c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #61499c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #61499c, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #61499c in 10 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #61499c: 12 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped17 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Paramount+'s brand system put Midnight Blue beside #61499c, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #61499c in 12 real palettes, including Fivetran blue's brand system and Guinness's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #61499c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #61499c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.14:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.94:1 | 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 #61499c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#61499c reads as cool, modern. 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 #61499c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/61499c-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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