Color
#72b159
#72b159rgb(114, 177, 89)hsl(103, 36%, 52%)oklch(0.697 0.137 137.5)Colors that go with #72b159
Charcoal, 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 body-text near-black for #72b159: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #72b159, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #72b159, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #72b159 in 6 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #72b159 in 16 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Meadow, as the surface under it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #72b159 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 #72b159: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #72b159 in 3 real palettes, including Polaroid and Monster Energy's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #72b159
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Contrast
| #72b159 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.15:1 | 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 #72b159 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 #72b159 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/72b159-a6bea2-704edf-1f2d21-eff1e9?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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