Color
#a8d581
#a8d581rgb(168, 213, 129)hsl(92, 50%, 67%)oklch(0.821 0.121 131.6)Colors that go with #a8d581
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #a8d581: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a8d581 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 #a8d581 in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a8d581 in 4 real palettes, including 7-Eleven's brand system and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a8d581 in 5 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a8d581 in 4 real palettes, including Monster Energy's brand system and Docker's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a8d581: 5 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Polaroid, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
triadicshippedSky Blue completes a triad with #a8d581 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a8d581
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a8d581 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.68:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.5:1 | 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 #a8d581 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 #a8d581 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a8d581-acbea2-564edf-202d1f-f1f1e9?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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