Color
#38596b
#38596brgb(56, 89, 107)hsl(201, 31%, 32%)oklch(0.446 0.049 233.2)Colors that go with #38596b
Royal Blue, Sienna and Cadet 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #38596b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #38596b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #38596b: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #38596b: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38596b in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #38596b: 10 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #38596b in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Open House, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #38596b: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #38596b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38596b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.81:1 | 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 #38596b 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 #38596b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/38596b-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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