Color
#496d46
#496d46rgb(73, 109, 70)hsl(115, 22%, 35%)oklch(0.496 0.073 142.6)Colors that go with #496d46
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 #496d46: 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 #496d46, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #496d46, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #496d46: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #496d46 in 6 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #496d46: 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 #496d46 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #496d46: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #496d46
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #496d46 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.9:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.56:1 | 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 #496d46 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 #496d46 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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