Color
#496a39
#496a39rgb(73, 106, 57)hsl(100, 30%, 32%)oklch(0.486 0.084 136.1)Colors that go with #496a39
Charcoal, Blue and Champagne 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 body-text near-black for #496a39: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #496a39, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #496a39.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #496a39: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #496a39 in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #496a39: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #496a39, as the lead colour.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #496a39: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #496a39
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #496a39 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.17:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.4:1 | 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 #496a39 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 #496a39 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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