Color
#18cd85
#18cd85rgb(24, 205, 133)hsl(156, 79%, 45%)oklch(0.749 0.169 158.8)Colors that go with #18cd85
Charcoal, Mustard Yellow and Royal Blue 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 #18cd85: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #18cd85 in 4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Meadow, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #18cd85 in 4 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #18cd85 in 9 real palettes, including WhatsApp's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #18cd85 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #18cd85: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #18cd85 in 3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #18cd85 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #18cd85
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #18cd85 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.08:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.11:1 | 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 #18cd85 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #18cd85 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/18cd85-a2beb6-d459c6-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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