Color
#3bc995
#3bc995rgb(59, 201, 149)hsl(158, 57%, 51%)oklch(0.748 0.142 164)Colors that go with #3bc995
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Mustard Yellow 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 #3bc995: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #3bc995 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #3bc995, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #3bc995 in 14 real palettes, including WhatsApp's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #3bc995: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #3bc995 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #3bc995 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #3bc995: 3 real palettes, including Remix's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #3bc995
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3bc995 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.11:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.97:1 | 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 #3bc995 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #3bc995 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3bc995-a2beb7-d459c2-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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