Color
#42faaa
#42faaargb(66, 250, 170)hsl(154, 95%, 62%)oklch(0.876 0.183 159.3)Colors that go with #42faaa
Charcoal, Violet and Deep Sky 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 #42faaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #42faaa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #42faaa in 3 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42faaa in 3 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and 7-Eleven's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementLight Coral is a split-complement of #42faaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42faaa in two real palettes: Formula 1's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #42faaa in two real palettes: Neon's brand system and Canopy, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #42faaa in two real palettes: MongoDB's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #42faaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42faaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.49:1 | 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 #42faaa 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 #42faaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42faaa-a2beb5-d459ca-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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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