Macaron
Open in tool →Rose, sky and pistachio at patisserie strength — the pastel trio, with a plum-grey text colour so it never washes out.
Color
#383145
#383145
hex
#383145rgb
rgb(56, 49, 69)hsl
hsl(261, 17%, 23%)oklch
oklch(0.329 0.036 300.5)Closest name: Call It a Night (#42364c)Relative luminance 0.0347
Colors that go with #383145
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green and Sienna 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #383145 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #383145: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #383145 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #383145 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #383145 in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #383145, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #383145, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #383145: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #383145
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #383145 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.4:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.69:1 | 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 #383145 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#383145 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #383145
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #383145 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/383145-af9cc4-dfcb4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md