Color
#56bd6e
#56bd6ergb(86, 189, 110)hsl(134, 44%, 54%)oklch(0.718 0.149 149)Colors that go with #56bd6e
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Mustard Yellow 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 #56bd6e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #56bd6e in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #56bd6e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #56bd6e in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #56bd6e in 17 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and Meadow, as the lead colour.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #56bd6e 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 #56bd6e, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #56bd6e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #56bd6e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56bd6e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.9:1 | 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 #56bd6e 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 #56bd6e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56bd6e-a2beac-b559d4-1f2d29-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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