Color
#497939
#497939rgb(73, 121, 57)hsl(105, 36%, 35%)oklch(0.526 0.108 138.4)Colors that go with #497939
Charcoal, Denim and Dark Orchid 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 #497939: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #497939 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryshippedDark Orchid sits directly opposite #497939 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #497939, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #497939, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #497939: 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #497939 in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #497939 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #497939
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #497939 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.15:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.08:1 | 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 #497939 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 #497939 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/497939-a6bea2-754edf-1f2d22-eff1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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