Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Color
#42c262
#42c262
hex
#42c262rgb
rgb(66, 194, 98)hsl
hsl(135, 51%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.722 0.176 148.3)Closest name: Emerald Green (#50c878)Relative luminance 0.4062
Colors that go with #42c262
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Taupe 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 #42c262: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42c262 in 5 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42c262 in 7 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and WhatsApp's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #42c262 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementshippedHot Pink is a split-complement of #42c262: 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 #42c262 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #42c262 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #42c262 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #42c262
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42c262 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.12:1 | 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 #42c262 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #42c262
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #42c262 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/42c262-a2beac-b759d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md