Color
#396f59
#396f59rgb(57, 111, 89)hsl(156, 32%, 33%)oklch(0.498 0.068 165.3)Colors that go with #396f59
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 #396f59: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #396f59 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
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #396f59 in 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #396f59 in 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #396f59 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #396f59 in 7 real palettes, including Gemstone and Five Guys's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #396f59 in 9 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #396f59 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Fireside, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #396f59
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #396f59 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.85:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.59:1 | 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 #396f59 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 #396f59 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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