Color
#509b7d
#509b7drgb(80, 155, 125)hsl(156, 32%, 46%)oklch(0.632 0.089 165.5)Colors that go with #509b7d
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #509b7d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #509b7d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #509b7d, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #509b7d in 6 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #509b7d in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #509b7d: 7 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #509b7d, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #509b7d in 7 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #509b7d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.33:1 | 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 #509b7d 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 #509b7d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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