Color

#38bdcc

#38bdcc
hex#38bdcc
rgbrgb(56, 189, 204)
hslhsl(186, 59%, 51%)
oklchoklch(0.735 0.112 206.2)
Closest name: Blue Bobbin (#52b4ca)Relative luminance 0.416

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cc4738

#38cc91 · #3873cc

#cc38bd · #bdcc38

Split-complementary

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#cc3873 · #cc9138

#9138cc · #cc4738 · #73cc38

Contrast

#38bdcc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.25:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #24808a as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #1b6269 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.15:1)
Aaon black
9.32:1passpasspassPasses 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 #38bdcc as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#38bdcc reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #38bdcc
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 #38bdcc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/38bdcc-a2b8be-df4e86-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md