Color
#45ba74
#45ba74rgb(69, 186, 116)hsl(144, 46%, 50%)oklch(0.705 0.147 153.7)Colors that go with #45ba74
Charcoal, Mustard Yellow and Royal 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 #45ba74: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #45ba74 in 5 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #45ba74 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #45ba74 in 12 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Undergrowth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #45ba74 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #45ba74 — 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 is paired with #45ba74 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #45ba74 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #45ba74
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45ba74 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.53:1 | 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 #45ba74 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #45ba74 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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