Color
#56998e
#56998ergb(86, 153, 142)hsl(170, 28%, 47%)oklch(0.635 0.071 182.2)Colors that go with #56998e
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 text near-black for #56998e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #56998e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #56998e, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #56998e in 7 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #56998e in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Oatmeal, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #56998e: 9 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #56998e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped5 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Graphite put Orange beside #56998e, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #56998e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56998e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.31:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.34:1 | 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 #56998e 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 #56998e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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