Color
#38015b
#38015brgb(56, 1, 91)hsl(277, 98%, 18%)oklch(0.272 0.139 305.5)Colors that go with #38015b
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Cobalt 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #38015b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #38015b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #38015b: 6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #38015b: 9 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and Bank of America's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #38015b: 6 real palettes, including Discover's brand system and FedEx's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #38015b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Penpot's brand system put Blue beside #38015b, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38015b in 3 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #38015b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38015b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.32:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #38015b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#38015b reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #38015b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/38015b-b99cc4-bdcb62-2d1f2c-eae9f1?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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