Color
#487f5b
#487f5brgb(72, 127, 91)hsl(141, 28%, 39%)oklch(0.548 0.082 154.1)Colors that go with #487f5b
Charcoal, Medium Violet Red and 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 #487f5b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #487f5b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #487f5b, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #487f5b, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #487f5b: 6 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #487f5b in 7 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #487f5b: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #487f5b in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Harvest, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #487f5b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #487f5b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.71:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.46:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #487f5b 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 #487f5b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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