Color
#85b181
#85b181rgb(133, 177, 129)hsl(115, 24%, 60%)oklch(0.716 0.083 142.6)Colors that go with #85b181
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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 body-text near-black for #85b181: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #85b181 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #85b181, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #85b181 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #85b181, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85b181: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Bramble, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #85b181 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #85b181 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #85b181
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85b181 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.6:1 | 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 #85b181 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 #85b181 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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