Color
#78ba8f
#78ba8frgb(120, 186, 143)hsl(141, 32%, 60%)oklch(0.733 0.092 154.9)Colors that go with #78ba8f
Charcoal, Plum and Blue 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 #78ba8f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #78ba8f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #78ba8f, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #78ba8f, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #78ba8f: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #78ba8f in 4 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #78ba8f in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #78ba8f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #78ba8f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78ba8f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.22:1 | 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 #78ba8f 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 #78ba8f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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