Named color
Illicit Green
#56fca2rgb(86, 252, 162)hsl(147, 97%, 66%)oklch(0.884 0.186 155.4)Illicit Green 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 Illicit Green
Violet, Charcoal and Deep Sky Blue 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.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite Illicit Green on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Illicit Green: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Illicit Green: 3 real palettes, including Prime Video's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with Illicit Green in 3 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and 7-Eleven's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementLight Coral is a split-complement of Illicit Green: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementPlum is a split-complement of Illicit Green: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Illicit Green in two real palettes: Wise's brand system and Formula 1's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with Illicit Green in two real palettes: Gatorade's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Illicit Green
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Illicit Green as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.84:1 | 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 Illicit Green 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 #56fca2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/56fca2-a2beb2-d059d4-1f2d2c-eaf1e9?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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