Color
#38ad90
#38ad90rgb(56, 173, 144)hsl(165, 51%, 45%)oklch(0.675 0.112 172.9)Colors that go with #38ad90
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Dodger 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 #38ad90: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #38ad90: 4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #38ad90: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spline's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #38ad90, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #38ad90, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #38ad90 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #38ad90 in 16 real palettes, including Resort and Undergrowth, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #38ad90: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #38ad90
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38ad90 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.78:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.55:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #38ad90 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 #38ad90 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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