Color
#38bcbc
#38bcbcrgb(56, 188, 188)hsl(180, 54%, 48%)oklch(0.727 0.11 195)Colors that go with #38bcbc
Charcoal, Denim 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 #38bcbc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #38bcbc: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #38bcbc: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #38bcbc, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #38bcbc, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #38bcbc in 5 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #38bcbc, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #38bcbc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #38bcbc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38bcbc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.31:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.09:1 | 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 #38bcbc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#38bcbc reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #38bcbc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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