Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Color
#42ca0c
#42ca0c
hex
#42ca0crgb
rgb(66, 202, 12)hsl
hsl(103, 89%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.736 0.234 139.9)Closest name: Candy Green (#33cc00)Relative luminance 0.4343
Colors that go with #42ca0c
Blue, Charcoal 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #42ca0c, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #42ca0c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42ca0c in 8 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #42ca0c 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 #42ca0c: 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 #42ca0c — 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 #42ca0c in 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Playground, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42ca0c in 3 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and MongoDB's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #42ca0c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42ca0c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.17:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.69:1 | 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 #42ca0c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #42ca0c
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 #42ca0c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/42ca0c-a6bea2-704edf-1f2d21-eff1e9?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