Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#4e8688
#4e8688
hex
#4e8688rgb
rgb(78, 134, 136)hsl
hsl(182, 27%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.582 0.059 198.6)Closest name: Arctic (#648589)Relative luminance 0.2045
Colors that go with #4e8688
Charcoal, Copper 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.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #4e8688: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #4e8688 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #4e8688 in 5 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Sapphire & Gold, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #4e8688 in 6 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Estate, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #4e8688 in 17 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Indian Red #cd5c5c
complementaryIndian Red sits directly opposite #4e8688 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #4e8688 in 3 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #4e8688
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e8688 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.09:1 | 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 #4e8688 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #4e8688
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #4e8688 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/4e8688-a2babe-d45990-1f272d-e9f1ee?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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