Undergrowth
Open in tool →Fern and lichen with a fungus orange on a fir-black — the forest floor at dusk, as a dark theme.
Color
#6cb26e
#6cb26e
hex
#6cb26ergb
rgb(108, 178, 110)hsl
hsl(122, 31%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.7 0.121 144.8)Closest name: Bud Green (#79b465)Relative luminance 0.3615
Colors that go with #6cb26e
Charcoal, Blue and Dark Olive Green 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 #6cb26e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #6cb26e, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #6cb26e 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 #6cb26e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #6cb26e in 6 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #6cb26e, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6cb26e in 21 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Meadow, as the surface under it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #6cb26e 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 #6cb26e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6cb26e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.23:1 | 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 #6cb26e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #6cb26e
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #6cb26e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/6cb26e-a2bea6-9e4edf-1f2d26-edf1e9?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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