Color
#3bb09e
#3bb09ergb(59, 176, 158)hsl(171, 50%, 46%)oklch(0.688 0.107 180.8)Colors that go with #3bb09e
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Dark Olive Green 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 #3bb09e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #3bb09e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #3bb09e in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #3bb09e in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #3bb09e in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #3bb09e in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Stone, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #3bb09e in 7 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #3bb09e in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Ledger Dark, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #3bb09e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3bb09e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.89:1 | 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 #3bb09e 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 #3bb09e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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