Color
#516227
#516227rgb(81, 98, 39)hsl(77, 43%, 27%)oklch(0.468 0.086 123.2)Colors that go with #516227
Charcoal, Royal 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 #516227: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #516227: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #516227.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #516227: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #516227 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 #516227: 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 Paper & Pine put Peru beside #516227, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #516227 in 4 real palettes, including Trailhead and Magazine Ochre, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #516227
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #516227 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.72:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.13:1 | 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 #516227 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#516227 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #516227 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/516227-b3bea2-4e6bdf-232d1f-f1efe9?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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