Color
#87cd42
#87cd42rgb(135, 205, 66)hsl(90, 58%, 53%)oklch(0.775 0.183 132.4)Colors that go with #87cd42
Deep Sky Blue, Taupe and Violet 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 #87cd42 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #87cd42 in 7 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #87cd42 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementshippedHot Pink is a split-complement of #87cd42: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #87cd42, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #87cd42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #87cd42 in 3 real palettes, including 7-Eleven's brand system and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #87cd42 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #87cd42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87cd42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.94:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.84:1 | 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 #87cd42 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 #87cd42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/87cd42-adbea2-514edf-202d1f-f1f1e9?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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