Color
#40c828
#40c828rgb(64, 200, 40)hsl(111, 67%, 47%)oklch(0.731 0.224 141.1)Colors that go with #40c828
Blue, Charcoal and Taupe 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #40c828, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #40c828: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #40c828 in 9 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Minecraft's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #40c828 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementshippedHot Pink is a split-complement of #40c828: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #40c828: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #40c828 in 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Playground, as the accent.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped3 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #40c828, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #40c828
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40c828 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.21:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.51:1 | 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 #40c828 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 #40c828 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40c828-a3bea2-834edf-1f2d23-eef1e9?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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