Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Color
#38bc81
#38bc81
hex
#38bc81rgb
rgb(56, 188, 129)hsl
hsl(153, 54%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.71 0.143 159.5)Closest name: Fennel Fiesta (#00bb77)Relative luminance 0.3839
Colors that go with #38bc81
Charcoal, Hot Pink and 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 #38bc81: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #38bc81 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #38bc81, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #38bc81 — 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 #38bc81 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #38bc81, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Meadow and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #38bc81, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #38bc81 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #38bc81
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38bc81 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.68:1 | 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 #38bc81 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #38bc81
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #38bc81 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/38bc81-a2beb5-d459cc-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md