Color

#38ad9e

#38ad9e
hex#38ad9e
rgbrgb(56, 173, 158)
hslhsl(172, 51%, 45%)
oklchoklch(0.679 0.105 182.9)
Closest name: Ambrosial Oceanside (#47ae9c)Relative luminance 0.332

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ad3848

#38ad63 · #3882ad

#9e38ad · #ad9e38

Split-complementary

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#ad3882 · #ad6338

#6338ad · #ad3848 · #82ad38

Contrast

#38ad9e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.75:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #2a8377 as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #1f6058 as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #333333 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #0d0d0d (7.07:1)
Aaon black
7.64:1passpasspassPasses 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 #38ad9e as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #38ad9e
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #38ad9e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/38ad9e-a2bebe-d459a5-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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