Color
#00a38d
#00a38drgb(0, 163, 141)hsl(172, 100%, 32%)oklch(0.64 0.117 178.6)Colors that go with #00a38d
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 text near-black for #00a38d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #00a38d in 6 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #00a38d in 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #00a38d in 6 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #00a38d in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedSteel Blue is paired with #00a38d in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #00a38d in 9 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #00a38d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #00a38d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #00a38d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #00a38d 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 #00a38d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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