Color
#51b353
#51b353rgb(81, 179, 83)hsl(121, 39%, 51%)oklch(0.686 0.163 143.9)Colors that go with #51b353
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 body-text near-black for #51b353: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #51b353, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #51b353 in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #51b353 in 12 real palettes, including Meadow and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #51b353 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Purple #9370db
split-complementshippedMedium Purple is a split-complement of #51b353: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #51b353, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #51b353 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #51b353
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #51b353 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.65:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.92:1 | 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 #51b353 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 #51b353 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/51b353-a2bea6-9b4edf-1f2d26-edf1e9?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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