Undergrowth
Open in tool →Fern and lichen with a fungus orange on a fir-black — the forest floor at dusk, as a dark theme.
Named color
Italian Basil
#5f6957
hex
#5f6957rgb
rgb(95, 105, 87)hsl
hsl(93, 9%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.507 0.03 131.2)Relative luminance 0.1322
Italian Basil 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 Italian Basil
Charcoal, Slate Blue and Champagne 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 Italian Basil: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite Italian Basil on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Forest Floor put Champagne beside Italian Basil.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Italian Basil: 6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Riverbed, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Italian Basil in 6 real palettes, including Gemstone and Five Guys's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Italian Basil: 7 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to Italian Basil in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Fireside, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with Italian Basil in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Indigo SaaS, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Italian Basil
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Italian Basil as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Italian Basil 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
Italian Basil reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Italian Basil
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 #5f6957 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/5f6957-abbea2-584edf-202d1f-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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