Color

#38b0fa

#38b0fa
hex#38b0fa
rgbrgb(56, 176, 250)
hslhsl(203, 95%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.725 0.149 241)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3879

Colors that go with #38b0fa

Charcoal, Dark Orange 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#fa8238

#38fae3 · #384ffa

#fa38b0 · #b0fa38

Split-complementary

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#fa384f · #fae338

#e338fa · #fa8238 · #4ffa38

Contrast

#38b0fa as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.4:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0579c2 as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #045a90 as the text (7.32:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (7.11:1)
Aaon black
8.76:1passpasspassPasses 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 #38b0fa as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#38b0fa reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #38b0fa
live endpoint

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.

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

analyze #38b0fa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/38b0fa-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md