Color
#3caa97
#3caa97rgb(60, 170, 151)hsl(170, 48%, 45%)oklch(0.671 0.103 179.4)Colors that go with #3caa97
Charcoal, Copper 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 #3caa97: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #3caa97: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #3caa97 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #3caa97, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #3caa97 in 7 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Riverbed put Slate Gray beside #3caa97, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #3caa97 in 19 real palettes, including Resort and Undergrowth, as the text colour against it.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #3caa97 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 #3caa97
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3caa97 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.84:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.39:1 | 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 #3caa97 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 #3caa97 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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