Color
#52ad8d
#52ad8drgb(82, 173, 141)hsl(159, 36%, 50%)oklch(0.683 0.1 167.8)Colors that go with #52ad8d
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Hot Pink 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 #52ad8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #52ad8d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #52ad8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #52ad8d, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #52ad8d in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #52ad8d: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #52ad8d in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #52ad8d: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #52ad8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #52ad8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.72:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.72:1 | 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 #52ad8d 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 #52ad8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/52ad8d-a2beb8-d459c0-1f2c2d-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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