Color
#72c856
#72c856rgb(114, 200, 86)hsl(105, 51%, 56%)oklch(0.754 0.172 138.7)Colors that go with #72c856
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 #72c856: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #72c856 in 4 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #72c856 in 9 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #72c856 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #72c856, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #72c856 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and 7-Eleven's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #72c856 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Playground, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #72c856: 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Remix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #72c856
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #72c856 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.08:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.11:1 | 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 #72c856 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 #72c856 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/72c856-a6bea2-754edf-1f2d22-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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