Color
#48a87e
#48a87ergb(72, 168, 126)hsl(154, 40%, 47%)oklch(0.662 0.111 162.1)Colors that go with #48a87e
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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 #48a87e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #48a87e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #48a87e, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #48a87e: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #48a87e in 4 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #48a87e in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #48a87e: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #48a87e: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #48a87e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48a87e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.93:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.18:1 | 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 #48a87e 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 #48a87e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/48a87e-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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