Color
#56566c
#56566crgb(86, 86, 108)hsl(240, 11%, 38%)oklch(0.462 0.036 284.9)Colors that go with #56566c
Teal, Blue and Cadet 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.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #56566c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #56566c, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #56566c: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #56566c, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #56566c: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #56566c in 8 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #56566c: 10 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #56566c: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #56566c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56566c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.13:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.94:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #56566c 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 #56566c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56566c-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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