Color
#388ef0
#388ef0rgb(56, 142, 240)hsl(212, 86%, 58%)oklch(0.644 0.168 254.2)Colors that go with #388ef0
Charcoal, Dark Goldenrod 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 #388ef0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #388ef0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #388ef0 in 3 real palettes, including Heatwave and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #388ef0 in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Remix's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #388ef0 in 3 real palettes, including Terminal and Console Light, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #388ef0 in 3 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Plaid's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #388ef0 in 3 real palettes, including Heatwave and Launch Orange, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Chocolate #d2691e
split-complementChocolate is a split-complement of #388ef0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #388ef0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #388ef0 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 #388ef0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#388ef0 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 #388ef0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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