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Named color
Black Olive
#3b3c36
hex
#3b3c36rgb
rgb(59, 60, 54)hsl
hsl(70, 5%, 22%)oklch
oklch(0.353 0.01 114.6)Relative luminance 0.0443
Black Olive on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Black Olive
Amber, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Black Olive in 5 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside Black Olive, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside Black Olive, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Black Olive in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Black Olive: 7 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Sweetgreen's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside Black Olive, as the supporting colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to Black Olive in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface Black Olive was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use Black Olive
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Black Olive as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.14:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.89:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Black Olive 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
Fonts for this mood
Black Olive reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Black Olive
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 #3b3c36 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/3b3c36-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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