Color
#408256
#408256rgb(64, 130, 86)hsl(140, 34%, 38%)oklch(0.551 0.097 152.8)Colors that go with #408256
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Medium Violet Red 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 #408256: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #408256 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #408256 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #408256, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #408256: 5 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #408256 in 7 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #408256: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #408256 in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Harvest, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #408256
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #408256 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #408256 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 #408256 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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