Color
#42a136
#42a136rgb(66, 161, 54)hsl(113, 50%, 42%)oklch(0.629 0.17 141.5)Colors that go with #42a136
Charcoal, Crimson 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 body-text near-black for #42a136: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #42a136 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #42a136, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #42a136: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #42a136 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #42a136, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42a136 in 7 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42a136 in 9 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Acer's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #42a136
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42a136 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.38:1 | 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 #42a136 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 #42a136 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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