Color
#2b8261
#2b8261rgb(43, 130, 97)hsl(157, 50%, 34%)oklch(0.546 0.098 164.2)Colors that go with #2b8261
Charcoal, Crimson and Medium Violet Red 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 #2b8261: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #2b8261: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #2b8261 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 Kia's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #2b8261, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #2b8261: 5 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2b8261: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #2b8261, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Graphite put Orange beside #2b8261, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2b8261
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b8261 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.47:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2b8261 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 #2b8261 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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