Color
#31aa98
#31aa98rgb(49, 170, 152)hsl(171, 55%, 43%)oklch(0.668 0.108 180.7)Colors that go with #31aa98
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Midnight 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 #31aa98: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #31aa98: 4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #31aa98, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #31aa98 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #31aa98 in 14 real palettes, including Resort and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #31aa98 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #31aa98: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #31aa98, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #31aa98
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #31aa98 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.33:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #31aa98 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #31aa98 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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