Color

#38bdf8

#38bdf8
hex#38bdf8
rgbrgb(56, 189, 248)
hslhsl(198, 93%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.754 0.139 232.7)
Closest name: deepskyblue (#00bfff)Relative luminance 0.4401

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#f8733a

#3af8d2 · #3a60f8

#f83abf · #bff83a

Split-complementary

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#f83a60 · #f8d23a

#d23af8 · #f8733a · #60f83a

Contrast

#38bdf8 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.14:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #067eb1 as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #055e85 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #424242 (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.06:1)
Aaon black
9.8:1passpasspassPasses 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 #38bdf8 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#38bdf8 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #38bdf8
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 #38bdf8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/38bdf8-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md