Color
#4b8b77
#4b8b77rgb(75, 139, 119)hsl(161, 30%, 42%)oklch(0.588 0.074 171.3)Colors that go with #4b8b77
Charcoal, Copper and Medium Violet Red 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 #4b8b77: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #4b8b77 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #4b8b77 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4b8b77 in 8 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4b8b77: 7 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #4b8b77 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Mid-Century, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Paramount+'s brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4b8b77, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Graphite put Orange beside #4b8b77, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #4b8b77
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4b8b77 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.99:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.26:1 | 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 #4b8b77 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 #4b8b77 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4b8b77-a2beb8-d459bb-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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