Color
#538226
#538226rgb(83, 130, 38)hsl(91, 55%, 33%)oklch(0.553 0.132 132.7)Colors that go with #538226
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #538226: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #538226 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #538226 — 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 #538226 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 Kia's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #538226, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #538226: 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #538226 in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #538226 in 13 real palettes, including Acer's brand system and Subaru's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #538226
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #538226 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.58:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.59:1 | 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 #538226 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 #538226 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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