Color
#278b5e
#278b5ergb(39, 139, 94)hsl(153, 56%, 35%)oklch(0.568 0.115 159.3)Colors that go with #278b5e
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #278b5e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #278b5e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #278b5e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #278b5e: 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #278b5e: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #278b5e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #278b5e in 5 real palettes, including Coinbase's brand system and Subaru's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #278b5e in 17 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Wellness, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #278b5e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #278b5e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.94:1 | 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 #278b5e 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 #278b5e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/278b5e-a2beb5-d459cc-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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