Color
#48dbaa
#48dbaargb(72, 219, 170)hsl(160, 67%, 57%)oklch(0.801 0.143 166.7)Colors that go with #48dbaa
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 #48dbaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #48dbaa in 4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #48dbaa in 4 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #48dbaa in 11 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #48dbaa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #48dbaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #48dbaa in 3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Uber's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #48dbaa in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #48dbaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48dbaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.75:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.99:1 | 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 #48dbaa 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 #48dbaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/48dbaa-a2beb8-d459be-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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