Color
#9cd981
#9cd981rgb(156, 217, 129)hsl(102, 54%, 68%)oklch(0.823 0.133 136.6)Colors that go with #9cd981
Charcoal, Plum and Crimson 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 #9cd981: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #9cd981 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #9cd981 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9cd981 in 4 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and MongoDB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9cd981 in 16 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #9cd981: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9cd981, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #9cd981 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #9cd981
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9cd981 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.66:1 | 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 #9cd981 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 #9cd981 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9cd981-a7bea2-6e4edf-1f2d21-eff1e9?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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