Color
#85b97e
#85b97ergb(133, 185, 126)hsl(113, 30%, 61%)oklch(0.734 0.1 141.6)Colors that go with #85b97e
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 body-text near-black for #85b97e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #85b97e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #85b97e, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #85b97e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85b97e: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Desert Road, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #85b97e in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #85b97e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #85b97e: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #85b97e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85b97e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.27:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.24:1 | 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 #85b97e 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 #85b97e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85b97e-a2bea2-884edf-1f2d24-eef1e9?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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