Color
#045700
#045700rgb(4, 87, 0)hsl(117, 100%, 17%)oklch(0.396 0.134 142.1)Colors that go with #045700
Dark Orchid, Taupe and Medium Violet Red 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.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #045700 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #045700 in 3 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Squarespace's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
split-complementMedium Violet Red is a split-complement of #045700: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
split-complementBlue Violet is a split-complement of #045700: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #045700 in two real palettes: Warp's brand system and Instacart's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #045700 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #045700 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #045700 in two real palettes: CircleCI's brand system and Neon's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicCrimson completes a triad with #045700 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #045700
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #045700 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.37:1 | 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 #045700 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#045700 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #045700 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/045700-a2bea4-924edf-1f2d25-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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