Color
#38666b
#38666brgb(56, 102, 107)hsl(186, 31%, 32%)oklch(0.479 0.051 204.6)Colors that go with #38666b
Charcoal, Rust and 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 #38666b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #38666b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #38666b, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #38666b: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #38666b: 4 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #38666b: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38666b in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Codecademy's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Cider and Rolex's brand system put Dark Goldenrod beside #38666b, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #38666b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38666b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.4:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.28:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #38666b 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 #38666b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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