Color
#227c42
#227c42rgb(34, 124, 66)hsl(141, 57%, 31%)oklch(0.52 0.123 151)Colors that go with #227c42
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Medium Violet Red 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 #227c42: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #227c42 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #227c42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #227c42, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #227c42: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #227c42 in 5 real palettes, including Coinbase's brand system and Five Guys's brand system.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #227c42: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #227c42: 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #227c42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #227c42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.21:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.03:1 | 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 #227c42 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 #227c42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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