Color
#97bd51
#97bd51rgb(151, 189, 81)hsl(81, 45%, 53%)oklch(0.748 0.143 125.9)Colors that go with #97bd51
Charcoal, Blue and Hunter Green 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 #97bd51: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #97bd51, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #97bd51 in 5 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #97bd51 in 6 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Disney's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #97bd51, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #97bd51 in 18 real palettes, including Citrus Grove and Acer's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #97bd51 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #97bd51: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #97bd51
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97bd51 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.71:1 | 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 #97bd51 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 #97bd51 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/97bd51-b1bea2-4e62df-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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