Color
#8bcd6a
#8bcd6argb(139, 205, 106)hsl(100, 50%, 61%)oklch(0.781 0.148 136.1)Colors that go with #8bcd6a
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 #8bcd6a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #8bcd6a 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 Minecraft's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #8bcd6a, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8bcd6a in 4 real palettes, including 7-Eleven's brand system and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8bcd6a in 5 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #8bcd6a, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8bcd6a in 17 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #8bcd6a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8bcd6a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8bcd6a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.04:1 | 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 #8bcd6a 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 #8bcd6a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8bcd6a-a8bea2-694edf-1f2d21-f0f1e9?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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