Create live tile in accent color

I added live tile support for my websites. This is really cool, but how can I set the background color of the live tile to the system accent color?
<meta name="application-name" content="PROCON-WEB" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content=" #008A00" />
The tile background should adapt to the system background image or accent color.
Regards
Thomas

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CODE TO PASTE
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