Color

#383e4d

#383e4d
hex#383e4d
rgbrgb(56, 62, 77)
hslhsl(223, 16%, 26%)
oklchoklch(0.364 0.027 267.9)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.0482

Colors that go with #383e4d

Blue, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#4d4738

#38484d · #3c384d

#4d383e · #3e4d38

Split-complementary

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#4d3c38 · #484d38

#4d3848 · #4d4738 · #384d3c

Contrast

#383e4d as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
10.69:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.96:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #697491 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #8c95ab as the text (7:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #ababab (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d1d1d1 (7:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #383e4d as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#383e4d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #383e4d
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #383e4d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/383e4d-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md