Color

#386a8a

#386a8a
hex#386a8a
rgbrgb(56, 106, 138)
hslhsl(203, 42%, 38%)
oklchoklch(0.503 0.074 238.7)
Closest name: Chill of the Night (#256d8d)Relative luminance 0.1298

Colors that go with #386a8a

Charcoal, Royal Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#8a5738

#388a80 · #38428a

#8a386a · #6a8a38

Split-complementary

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#8a3842 · #8a8038

#80388a · #8a5738 · #428a38

Contrast

#386a8a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
5.84:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #315c77 as the text (7.17:1)
Aaon black
3.6:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #417b9f as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #639cbf as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (4.55:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #386a8a as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#386a8a reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #386a8a
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 #386a8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/386a8a-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md