Color
#55b980
#55b980rgb(85, 185, 128)hsl(146, 42%, 53%)oklch(0.711 0.127 156.1)Colors that go with #55b980
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Mustard Yellow 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 #55b980: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #55b980, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Meadow and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #55b980, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #55b980 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #55b980 in 15 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Resort, as the surface under it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #55b980 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #55b980 in 3 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #55b980 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #55b980
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #55b980 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.64:1 | 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 #55b980 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 #55b980 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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