Color
#adda86
#adda86rgb(173, 218, 134)hsl(92, 53%, 69%)oklch(0.837 0.121 131.5)Colors that go with #adda86
Charcoal, Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #adda86: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
triadicshippedSky Blue completes a triad with #adda86 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #adda86 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 #adda86 in 6 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Diner, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #adda86 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #adda86: 5 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Polaroid, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Kiln and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #adda86, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #adda86: 4 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #adda86
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #adda86 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.6:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.15:1 | 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 #adda86 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 #adda86 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/adda86-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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