Color
#3caa7c
#3caa7crgb(60, 170, 124)hsl(155, 48%, 45%)oklch(0.663 0.122 162)Colors that go with #3caa7c
Charcoal, Blue and Crimson 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 #3caa7c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #3caa7c, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3caa7c in 5 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #3caa7c: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #3caa7c, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #3caa7c in 8 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #3caa7c in 19 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Resort, as the surface under it.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #3caa7c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #3caa7c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3caa7c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.23:1 | 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 #3caa7c 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 #3caa7c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/3caa7c-a2beb6-d459c8-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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