Color
#85e458
#85e458rgb(133, 228, 88)hsl(101, 72%, 62%)oklch(0.831 0.198 137)Colors that go with #85e458
Deep Sky Blue, Violet and Charcoal 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with #85e458 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #85e458 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85e458: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #85e458 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #85e458 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85e458 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #85e458 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementHot Pink is a split-complement of #85e458: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #85e458
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85e458 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.24:1 | 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 #85e458 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 #85e458 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85e458-a7bea2-6b4edf-1f2d21-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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