Color
#309178
#309178rgb(48, 145, 120)hsl(165, 50%, 38%)oklch(0.594 0.098 172.4)Colors that go with #309178
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 #309178: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #309178 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #309178: 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 #309178 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #309178: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #309178 in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Paramount+'s brand system put Midnight Blue beside #309178, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Olympics's brand system put Orange beside #309178, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #309178 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.86:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.45:1 | 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 #309178 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 #309178 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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