Color
#28a481
#28a481rgb(40, 164, 129)hsl(163, 61%, 40%)oklch(0.644 0.118 169.1)Colors that go with #28a481
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #28a481: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #28a481 in 6 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #28a481: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #28a481: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #28a481, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #28a481 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #28a481 in 11 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #28a481 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #28a481
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28a481 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.72:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #28a481 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #28a481 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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