Undergrowth
Open in tool →Fern and lichen with a fungus orange on a fir-black — the forest floor at dusk, as a dark theme.
Color
#72b172
#72b172
hex
#72b172rgb
rgb(114, 177, 114)hsl
hsl(120, 29%, 57%)oklch
oklch(0.701 0.111 144.3)Closest name: Bud Green (#79b465)Relative luminance 0.3624
Colors that go with #72b172
Charcoal, Blue and Champagne 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 #72b172: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #72b172, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #72b172, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #72b172: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #72b172 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #72b172: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #72b172, as the supporting colour.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #72b172 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #72b172
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #72b172 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.25:1 | 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 #72b172 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #72b172
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 #72b172 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/72b172-a2bea5-994edf-1f2d25-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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