Color
#36b08b
#36b08brgb(54, 176, 139)hsl(162, 53%, 45%)oklch(0.681 0.12 168.5)Colors that go with #36b08b
Charcoal, Hot Pink and 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 #36b08b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #36b08b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #36b08b, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #36b08b, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #36b08b, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #36b08b in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #36b08b in 15 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Resort, as the surface under it.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #36b08b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #36b08b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #36b08b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.74:1 | 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 #36b08b 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 #36b08b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/36b08b-a2beb9-d459b9-1f2b2d-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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