Pine & Birch
Open in tool →One deep pine on birch-white with sage and bark greys — Scandinavian forest: mostly light, one committed green.
Color
#2c5e44
#2c5e44
hex
#2c5e44rgb
rgb(44, 94, 68)hsl
hsl(149, 36%, 27%)oklch
oklch(0.439 0.07 158.9)Closest name: Hunter Green (#355e3b)Relative luminance 0.0896
Colors that go with #2c5e44
Crimson, Denim and Orange 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2c5e44 in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2c5e44: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #2c5e44 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Clerk's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #2c5e44 in 7 real palettes, including Console Light and Subaru's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #2c5e44: 8 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #2c5e44 in 19 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #2c5e44 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2c5e44: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2c5e44
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c5e44 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.52:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.79:1 | 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 #2c5e44 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2c5e44 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c5e44
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 #2c5e44 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2c5e44-a2beb3-d459d4-1f2d2c-e9f1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md