Color
#28c895
#28c895rgb(40, 200, 149)hsl(161, 67%, 47%)oklch(0.742 0.147 165.5)Colors that go with #28c895
Charcoal, Hot Pink and 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 #28c895: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #28c895 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #28c895, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #28c895, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #28c895 in 15 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and WhatsApp's brand system, as the lead colour.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #28c895: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #28c895: 3 real palettes, including Terminal and Spotify's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #28c895 in 3 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #28c895
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28c895 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.15:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.79:1 | 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 #28c895 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 #28c895 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/28c895-a2beb8-d459bb-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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