Color
#42d142
#42d142rgb(66, 209, 66)hsl(120, 61%, 54%)oklch(0.757 0.219 143)Colors that go with #42d142
Blue, Taupe and Violet 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 MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside #42d142, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42d142 in 8 real palettes, including WhatsApp's brand system and Minecraft's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #42d142 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 #42d142: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #42d142: 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 #42d142 — 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 #42d142 in 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Playground, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #42d142: 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #42d142
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42d142 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.01:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.43:1 | 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 #42d142 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 #42d142 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42d142-a2bea5-994edf-1f2d25-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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