Color
#556e1c
#556e1crgb(85, 110, 28)hsl(78, 59%, 27%)oklch(0.501 0.111 125.1)Colors that go with #556e1c
Charcoal, Blue Violet and Blue 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 #556e1c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryshippedBlue Violet sits directly opposite #556e1c 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 #556e1c, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #556e1c, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #556e1c: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #556e1c 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 #556e1c: 5 real palettes, including Xbox's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #556e1c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #556e1c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #556e1c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.63:1 | 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 #556e1c 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
#556e1c 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 #556e1c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/556e1c-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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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