Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Color
#279683
#279683
hex
#279683rgb
rgb(39, 150, 131)hsl
hsl(170, 59%, 37%)oklch
oklch(0.608 0.101 178.5)Closest name: Green Dynasty (#00988e)Relative luminance 0.2388
Colors that go with #279683
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #279683: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #279683 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #279683 in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #279683: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #279683 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #279683, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped5 real palettes, including Olympics's brand system and Mint Modern put Orange beside #279683, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #279683 in 8 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #279683 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.78:1 | 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 #279683 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Peacock
Open in tool →Teal, cobalt and magenta at full chroma on white — jewel tones in daylight; the trick is a near-black text with a blue cast.
mcpConnect your agent — build around #279683
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #279683 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/279683-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?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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