Color
#85d59d
#85d59drgb(133, 213, 157)hsl(138, 49%, 68%)oklch(0.806 0.112 152.8)Colors that go with #85d59d
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 #85d59d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #85d59d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #85d59d, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #85d59d in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #85d59d in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #85d59d, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #85d59d, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85d59d in 27 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #85d59d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85d59d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.75:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12:1 | 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 #85d59d 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 #85d59d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85d59d-a2beae-be59d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?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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