Color
#5cbc8e
#5cbc8ergb(92, 188, 142)hsl(151, 42%, 55%)oklch(0.724 0.114 160.7)Colors that go with #5cbc8e
Charcoal, Blue 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 #5cbc8e: 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 #5cbc8e, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #5cbc8e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5cbc8e in 4 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #5cbc8e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #5cbc8e, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Meadow put Mustard Yellow beside #5cbc8e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5cbc8e in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5cbc8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5cbc8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.32:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.04:1 | 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 #5cbc8e 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 #5cbc8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5cbc8e-a2beb4-d459d0-1f2d2c-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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