Citrus Grove
Open in tool →Orange, lime leaf and lemon — a citrus palette that reads fresh, for drinks, produce and anything seasonal.
Color
#8dc242
#8dc242
hex
#8dc242rgb
rgb(141, 194, 66)hsl
hsl(85, 51%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.752 0.166 129.1)Closest name: Aromatic Herbs (#98c945)Relative luminance 0.4464
Colors that go with #8dc242
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Royal 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 #8dc242: 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 #8dc242 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8dc242 in 4 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty put Slate Gray beside #8dc242, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8dc242 in 13 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #8dc242 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #8dc242, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #8dc242 in 3 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8dc242
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8dc242 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.12:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.93:1 | 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 #8dc242 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #8dc242
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #8dc242 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/8dc242-afbea2-4e58df-212d1f-f1f0e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md