Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Color
#8cb196
#8cb196
hex
#8cb196rgb
rgb(140, 177, 150)hsl
hsl(136, 19%, 62%)oklch
oklch(0.725 0.056 153.2)Closest name: Beau Monde (#7db39e)Relative luminance 0.3922
Colors that go with #8cb196
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood 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 #8cb196: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #8cb196, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #8cb196 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8cb196, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8cb196: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8cb196 in 4 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8cb196 in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #8cb196 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #8cb196
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8cb196 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.84:1 | 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 #8cb196 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 #8cb196
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 #8cb196 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/8cb196-a2bead-b959d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?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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