Color
#428a5a
#428a5argb(66, 138, 90)hsl(140, 35%, 40%)oklch(0.574 0.104 152.7)Colors that go with #428a5a
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Rust 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 #428a5a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #428a5a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #428a5a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #428a5a: 5 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #428a5a in 7 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #428a5a: 6 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 #428a5a, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #428a5a: 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Riverbed, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #428a5a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #428a5a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.19:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.01:1 | 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 #428a5a 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 #428a5a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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