Color
#556e2b
#556e2brgb(85, 110, 43)hsl(82, 44%, 30%)oklch(0.503 0.098 126.8)Colors that go with #556e2b
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #556e2b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #556e2b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #556e2b, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #556e2b, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #556e2b: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #556e2b: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #556e2b in 4 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Xbox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #556e2b in 5 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Harvest, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #556e2b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #556e2b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.65:1 | 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 #556e2b 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
#556e2b 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 #556e2b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/556e2b-b0bea2-4e5fdf-222d1f-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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