Color
#456e68
#456e68rgb(69, 110, 104)hsl(171, 23%, 35%)oklch(0.506 0.047 184.2)Colors that go with #456e68
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #456e68: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #456e68, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #456e68: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #456e68 in 9 real palettes, including Gemstone and Redfin's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #456e68: 11 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #456e68: 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #456e68 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #456e68: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #456e68
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #456e68 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.68:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #456e68 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 #456e68 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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