Color
#56ae86
#56ae86rgb(86, 174, 134)hsl(153, 35%, 51%)oklch(0.685 0.105 162.1)Colors that go with #56ae86
Charcoal, Burlywood and Cornflower 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 text near-black for #56ae86: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #56ae86 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #56ae86 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #56ae86 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #56ae86: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #56ae86, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped6 real palettes, including Diner and Meadow put Mustard Yellow beside #56ae86, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #56ae86 in 6 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #56ae86
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56ae86 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.69:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #56ae86 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 #56ae86 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56ae86-a2beb5-d459cc-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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