Color
#87d80e
#87d80ergb(135, 216, 14)hsl(84, 88%, 45%)oklch(0.799 0.218 131.6)Colors that go with #87d80e
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 #87d80e — 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 #87d80e in 5 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and WhatsApp's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #87d80e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #87d80e in 3 real palettes, including Learning App and Citrus Grove, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #87d80e — 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 #87d80e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Emerald Green #50c878
analogousshippedEmerald Green is #87d80e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #87d80e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #87d80e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87d80e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.77:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.86:1 | 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 #87d80e 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 #87d80e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/87d80e-afbea2-4e5adf-222d1f-f1f0e9?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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