Mid-Century
Open in tool →Tangerine, teal and mustard on cream — the 1960s lounge trio, one of the few retro palettes with real hue contrast.
Color
#396f69
#396f69
hex
#396f69rgb
rgb(57, 111, 105)hsl
hsl(173, 32%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.503 0.059 186.2)Closest name: Deep Pool Teal (#366d68)Relative luminance 0.1326
Colors that go with #396f69
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #396f69 in 4 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 #396f69 in 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #396f69 in 4 real palettes, including Gemstone and Netflix's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #396f69 in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #396f69 in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Indigo SaaS, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange #ffa500
shippedOrange is paired with #396f69 in 4 real palettes, including Campus and Graphite, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #396f69: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #396f69
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #396f69 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.65:1 | 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 #396f69 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 #396f69
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 #396f69 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/396f69-a2bebe-d459a3-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md