Color
#5e8a42
#5e8a42rgb(94, 138, 66)hsl(97, 35%, 40%)oklch(0.584 0.113 134.6)Colors that go with #5e8a42
Charcoal, Copper 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 body-text near-black for #5e8a42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e8a42: 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e8a42 in 6 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e8a42: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #5e8a42, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5e8a42 in 4 real palettes, including Coinbase's brand system and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clay & Linen put Slate Gray beside #5e8a42, as the lead colour.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #5e8a42 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 #5e8a42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e8a42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.05:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.19:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #5e8a42 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 #5e8a42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e8a42-a9bea2-624edf-1f2d20-f0f1e9?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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