Color
#28af98
#28af98rgb(40, 175, 152)hsl(170, 63%, 42%)oklch(0.679 0.116 178)Colors that go with #28af98
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Midnight 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 #28af98: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #28af98 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #28af98, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #28af98, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #28af98 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #28af98 in 12 real palettes, including Resort and Undergrowth, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #28af98: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #28af98, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #28af98
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28af98 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.68:1 | 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 #28af98 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 #28af98 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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