Color
#36b09f
#36b09frgb(54, 176, 159)hsl(172, 53%, 45%)oklch(0.687 0.108 181.7)Colors that go with #36b09f
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Cornflower 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 #36b09f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #36b09f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #36b09f: 4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #36b09f, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #36b09f, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #36b09f in 7 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #36b09f, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #36b09f in 17 real palettes, including Resort and Polaroid, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #36b09f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #36b09f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.67:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.87:1 | 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 #36b09f 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 #36b09f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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