Terminal
Open in tool →Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.
Color
#5bb851
#5bb851
hex
#5bb851rgb
rgb(91, 184, 81)hsl
hsl(114, 42%, 52%)oklch
oklch(0.702 0.167 141.8)Closest name: Exit Light (#55bb33)Relative luminance 0.371
Colors that go with #5bb851
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Taupe 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 #5bb851: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5bb851 in 5 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5bb851 in 12 real palettes, including Meadow and Minecraft's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #5bb851 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #5bb851: 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 Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #5bb851, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #5bb851 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #5bb851 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5bb851
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5bb851 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.42:1 | 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 #5bb851 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #5bb851
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #5bb851 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/5bb851-a2bea2-8a4edf-1f2d24-eef1e9?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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