Color
#42b309
#42b309rgb(66, 179, 9)hsl(100, 90%, 37%)oklch(0.675 0.211 139.1)Colors that go with #42b309
Taupe, Medium Orchid and Medium Purple 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42b309 in 8 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #42b309 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 #42b309: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #42b309, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #42b309: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #42b309 — 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 #42b309 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #42b309: 3 real palettes, including Playground and Unity's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #42b309
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42b309 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.68:1 | 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 #42b309 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 #42b309 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42b309-a8bea2-694edf-1f2d21-f0f1e9?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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