Color
#42ae44
#42ae44rgb(66, 174, 68)hsl(121, 45%, 47%)oklch(0.666 0.176 143.6)Colors that go with #42ae44
Charcoal, Blue and Royal 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 #42ae44: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #42ae44, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42ae44 in 4 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42ae44 in 9 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #42ae44 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Purple #9370db
split-complementshippedMedium Purple is a split-complement of #42ae44: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #42ae44 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #42ae44 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #42ae44
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42ae44 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.85:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.37:1 | 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 #42ae44 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 #42ae44 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42ae44-a2bea6-9b4edf-1f2d26-edf1e9?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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