Color
#56bda5
#56bda5rgb(86, 189, 165)hsl(166, 44%, 54%)oklch(0.73 0.103 175.7)Colors that go with #56bda5
Charcoal, Blue and Crimson 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 #56bda5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #56bda5, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #56bda5 in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #56bda5 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #56bda5, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped6 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #56bda5, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #56bda5 in 4 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #56bda5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #56bda5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #56bda5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.22:1 | 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 #56bda5 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 #56bda5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56bda5-a2bebb-d459b1-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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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