Color
#356e5d
#356e5drgb(53, 110, 93)hsl(162, 35%, 32%)oklch(0.494 0.067 171.7)Colors that go with #356e5d
Charcoal, Medium Violet Red and Cadet 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 #356e5d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #356e5d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #356e5d: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #356e5d, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #356e5d: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #356e5d in 8 real palettes, including Gemstone and Five Guys's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #356e5d: 11 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #356e5d in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Fireside, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #356e5d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #356e5d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.93:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #356e5d 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 #356e5d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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