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
#397174
#397174
hex
#397174rgb
rgb(57, 113, 116)hsl
hsl(183, 34%, 34%)oklch
oklch(0.512 0.059 200.1)Closest name: Deep Pool Teal (#366d68)Relative luminance 0.1394
Colors that go with #397174
Charcoal, Rust and Amber 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 #397174: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #397174 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #397174 in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #397174, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #397174, as the surface under it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #397174: 5 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #397174: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #397174 in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and Redfin's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #397174
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #397174 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.54:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.79:1 | 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 #397174 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 #397174
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 #397174 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/397174-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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