Color
#4ab09d
#4ab09drgb(74, 176, 157)hsl(169, 41%, 49%)oklch(0.692 0.099 179)Colors that go with #4ab09d
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Dark Olive Green 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 #4ab09d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #4ab09d: 4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #4ab09d in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4ab09d: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #4ab09d, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #4ab09d, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #4ab09d: 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Stone, as the accent.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #4ab09d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #4ab09d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4ab09d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.99:1 | 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 #4ab09d 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 #4ab09d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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