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Color matcher: what goes with this color?

Put in the color you already have, whether that is a sofa, a dress or a logo, and HexaCalc suggests partners from color harmony plus neutrals that sit well beside it.

 

Colors that go with it

Neutrals that sit well beside it

Text on it

Try a partner
Outfit preview
Outfit: your color on top, a neutral below, the partner as the belt
Room preview
Room: neutral walls, your color as the sofa, the partner on cushions and art

Start from what you already have

Most color decisions don't start from a blank page. You have a green sofa, a navy suit, a logo you can't change, or a wall that's already painted. The color matcher works from that one fixed color and suggests what goes with it, in three groups:

  1. Harmony partners: complementary, analogous, triadic and split-complementary colors.
  2. Neutrals that sit comfortably beside it.
  3. Text colors that stay readable on top of it.

The harmony partners

Most partners are calculated on the painter's (RYB) wheel, because that's the one that predicts what looks right in clothes, rooms and print. Analogous colors use 30° steps on the screen wheel, where the difference between wheels is small.

  • Complementary: the opposite hue. It has the most contrast, so use it in small doses.
  • Analogous: neighbors 30° either side. These are low-risk and often found together in nature.
  • Triadic: two hues a third of the way around. They're lively and need a neutral to calm them.
  • Split-complementary: the two neighbors of the complement. They have energy without the head-on clash.

For a deep green such as #2F5D50, the painter's complement is a brick brown, #5D392F. That is why rust and terracotta look so natural with forest and bottle greens.

How the neutrals are chosen

Neutrals do most of the work in any outfit or room, so the tool always suggests five:

  • Tinted light and tinted dark: very pale and very deep versions of your own hue, with almost all the color removed. They're the quiet companions, because they share your color's undertone.
  • Three picks from a set of twelve everyday neutrals: warm white, cream, stone, greige, taupe, cool gray, slate, charcoal, navy, camel, off-black and denim. The tool ranks them by how different they look from your color (CIEDE2000) and picks one fairly close, one middle and one far. You get a soft option, a balanced one and a contrasting one.

Text that stays readable

For text, the tool checks four options against your color: plain white, near-black, and light and dark tints of your own hue. Each comes with its contrast ratio. A ✓ means it passes WCAG AA for normal-size text (4.5:1). Tinted text is often more elegant than pure white or black, so if a tinted option passes, it's worth trying.

Previews

Choose a partner from the menu and two sketches repaint:

  • Outfit: your color as the top, a neutral below and the partner as the belt.
  • Room: neutral walls and floor, your color as the sofa, and the partner on cushions and a picture.

They're simple on purpose. They show proportion, roughly 60% neutral, 30% your color and 10% partner, which matters more than the exact shade.

Tips for real-world matching

  • Screens aren't paint or fabric. Lighting changes how materials look, so use the result as a starting point and check samples in the room, or the clothes in daylight.
  • Get the real color first. If you're matching a photographed item, pick its color with the image color picker or the color identifier and paste it here.
  • Undertone matters more than hue for neutrals. Warm whites suit warm colors, and cooler grays suit blues and greens.
  • Repeat colors. A partner color looks intentional when it appears two or three times, for example in cushions, a vase and a print.

To see the wheel the partners come from, open the color wheel. For a deeper look at opposites, use complementary colors. The neutral colors collection lists many more named neutrals with HEX codes. To build a full five-color palette, try the palette generator.

FAQ

What colors go with sage green?

Cream and warm white, terracotta and dusty pink (from the warm side of the wheel), and deeper greens and navy for contrast. Enter your exact sage to see the calculated partners.

What colors go with navy?

Almost everything. Navy behaves like a neutral. Camel, white and gray are classic, and mustard, coral and rust are the complementary-side accents.

Does it work for hair, skin and makeup?

It isn't designed for that. Personal coloring depends on undertone and contrast, which is what color analysis looks at.