Color
#38381a
#38381argb(56, 56, 26)hsl(60, 37%, 16%)oklch(0.333 0.047 108.7)Colors that go with #38381a
Denim, 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.
Denim #1560bd
split-complementshippedDenim is a split-complement of #38381a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #38381a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #38381a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #38381a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #38381a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #38381a in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Trailhead, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #38381a, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #38381a wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #38381a reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #38381a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38381a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.01:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.75:1 | 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 #38381a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#38381a reads as dark, luxury, bold. 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 #38381a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/38381a-bbbea2-4e94df-272d1f-f1ede9?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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