Color
#308281
#308281rgb(48, 130, 129)hsl(179, 46%, 35%)oklch(0.557 0.078 194)Colors that go with #308281
Charcoal, Crimson and Cobalt 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 #308281: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #308281 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #308281 in 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #308281 in 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #308281 in 10 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #308281 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #308281 in 8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Paramount+'s brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #308281 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Coinbase's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #308281
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #308281 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.64:1 | 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 #308281 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 #308281 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/308281-a2bbbe-d45996-1f272d-e9f1ed?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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