Color
#56b86f
#56b86frgb(86, 184, 111)hsl(135, 41%, 53%)oklch(0.705 0.141 149.8)Colors that go with #56b86f
Charcoal, Mustard Yellow and Royal 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 #56b86f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #56b86f, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #56b86f in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #56b86f in 16 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Chime's brand system, as the surface under it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #56b86f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #56b86f, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #56b86f in 3 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #56b86f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #56b86f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56b86f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.48:1 | 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 #56b86f 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 #56b86f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56b86f-a2beac-b759d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?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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