Color
#38bc6f
#38bc6frgb(56, 188, 111)hsl(145, 54%, 48%)oklch(0.706 0.159 153.2)Colors that go with #38bc6f
Charcoal, Mustard Yellow and Royal 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 #38bc6f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Citrus Grove put Mustard Yellow beside #38bc6f, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #38bc6f in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #38bc6f in 13 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #38bc6f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #38bc6f, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #38bc6f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #38bc6f in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #38bc6f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38bc6f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.59:1 | 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 #38bc6f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #38bc6f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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