Color
#40c99e
#40c99ergb(64, 201, 158)hsl(161, 56%, 52%)oklch(0.752 0.133 167.9)Colors that go with #40c99e
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 #40c99e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #40c99e 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 Canva's brand system put Blue beside #40c99e, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #40c99e, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #40c99e in 18 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and Crayon Box, as the lead colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #40c99e: 4 real palettes, including Resort and Pine & Birch, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #40c99e: 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 #40c99e: 3 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Terminal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #40c99e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40c99e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.09:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.07:1 | 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 #40c99e 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 #40c99e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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