Color
#42d7aa
#42d7aargb(66, 215, 170)hsl(162, 65%, 55%)oklch(0.79 0.141 168.5)Colors that go with #42d7aa
Charcoal, Blue and Crimson 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 #42d7aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #42d7aa, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42d7aa in 6 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Formula 1's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #42d7aa, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42d7aa in 19 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Chime's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #42d7aa: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Resort, as the accent.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #42d7aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #42d7aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #42d7aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42d7aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.82:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.53:1 | 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 #42d7aa 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 #42d7aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42d7aa-a2beb9-d459b9-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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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