Color
#28af96
#28af96rgb(40, 175, 150)hsl(169, 63%, 42%)oklch(0.678 0.117 176.7)Colors that go with #28af96
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Mustard Yellow 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 #28af96: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #28af96 in 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #28af96 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #28af96 in 12 real palettes, including Resort and Undergrowth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #28af96: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #28af96 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #28af96 in 3 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Rain Garden, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #28af96 in 3 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Terminal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #28af96
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28af96 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.66:1 | 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 #28af96 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 #28af96 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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