Color
#40a57d
#40a57drgb(64, 165, 125)hsl(156, 44%, 45%)oklch(0.652 0.112 163.9)Colors that go with #40a57d
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 #40a57d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #40a57d in 5 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40a57d: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #40a57d: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #40a57d, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40a57d in 7 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #40a57d in 18 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Clean Beauty, as the surface under it.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #40a57d 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 #40a57d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40a57d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.05:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.9:1 | 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 #40a57d 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 #40a57d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40a57d-a2beb6-d459c6-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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