Color
#42bd8a
#42bd8argb(66, 189, 138)hsl(155, 48%, 50%)oklch(0.717 0.133 162.1)Colors that go with #42bd8a
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Midnight 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 #42bd8a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #42bd8a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #42bd8a in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Telehealth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #42bd8a in 5 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Meadow, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42bd8a in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42bd8a in 14 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Obsidian's brand system, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #42bd8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #42bd8a in 3 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #42bd8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42bd8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.88:1 | 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 #42bd8a as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #42bd8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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