Color
#688b18
#688b18rgb(104, 139, 24)hsl(78, 71%, 32%)oklch(0.589 0.141 126)Colors that go with #688b18
Charcoal, Crimson and Copper 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 #688b18: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #688b18 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #688b18: 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #688b18: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #688b18 in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Console Light, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #688b18 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #688b18 in 11 real palettes, including Acer's brand system and Instacart's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryBlue Violet sits directly opposite #688b18 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 #688b18
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #688b18 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.97:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.29:1 | 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 #688b18 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 #688b18 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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