Color
#38805d
#38805drgb(56, 128, 93)hsl(151, 39%, 36%)oklch(0.544 0.092 159.9)Colors that go with #38805d
Charcoal, Crimson and Medium Violet Red 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 #38805d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #38805d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #38805d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #38805d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #38805d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #38805d: 5 real palettes, including Wellness and Riverbed, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #38805d: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #38805d in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #38805d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38805d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.41:1 | 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 #38805d as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #38805d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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