Color
#48a040
#48a040rgb(72, 160, 64)hsl(115, 43%, 44%)oklch(0.63 0.158 142)Colors that go with #48a040
Charcoal, Taupe and Medium Orchid 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 body-text near-black for #48a040: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #48a040 in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Meadow, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #48a040 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #48a040 in 3 real palettes, including Telehealth and Fintech Trust, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #48a040 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Purple #9370db
split-complementMedium Purple is a split-complement of #48a040: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Pink #ff1493
split-complementDeep Pink is a split-complement of #48a040: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate is paired with #48a040 in two real palettes: Farmers Market and Wellness, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #48a040
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48a040 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #48a040 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 #48a040 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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