Named color
Basil Smash
#b7e1a1rgb(183, 225, 161)hsl(99, 52%, 76%)oklch(0.864 0.096 135.1)Basil Smash on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Basil Smash
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 Basil Smash: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite Basil Smash 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 Basil Smash in 8 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Basil Smash in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to Basil Smash in 4 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Lay's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with Basil Smash in 5 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including American Eagle's brand system and Allbirds's brand system put Midnight Blue beside Basil Smash, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside Basil Smash, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Basil Smash
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Basil Smash as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.47:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.3:1 | 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 Basil Smash as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Basil Smash reads as light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #b7e1a1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b7e1a1-a8bea2-664edf-1f2d21-f0f1e9?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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