Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Color
#35977e
#35977e
hex
#35977ergb
rgb(53, 151, 126)hsl
hsl(165, 48%, 40%)oklch
oklch(0.612 0.099 172.8)Closest name: Green Dynasty (#00988e)Relative luminance 0.244
Colors that go with #35977e
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 #35977e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #35977e — 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 #35977e: 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 #35977e 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 #35977e: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #35977e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Olympics's brand system and Mint Modern put Orange beside #35977e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #35977e in 8 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #35977e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.57:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.88:1 | 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 #35977e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #35977e
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 #35977e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/35977e-a2beba-d459b3-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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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