Color
#388df5
#388df5rgb(56, 141, 245)hsl(213, 90%, 59%)oklch(0.645 0.175 255.5)Colors that go with #388df5
Charcoal, Red and Amber 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 #388df5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
triadicshippedRed completes a triad with #388df5 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #388df5 in 10 real palettes, including Heatwave and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #388df5, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #388df5: 8 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Carrefour's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #388df5 in 7 real palettes, including NASCAR's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #388df5 in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #388df5: 7 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #388df5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #388df5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.3:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #388df5 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#388df5 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #388df5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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