Color

#38bdff

#38bdff
hex#38bdff
rgbrgb(56, 189, 255)
hslhsl(200, 100%, 61%)
oklchoklch(0.757 0.145 235.7)
Closest name: deepskyblue (#00bfff)Relative luminance 0.4446

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ff7a38

#38ffde · #3859ff

#ff38bd · #bdff38

Split-complementary

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#ff3859 · #ffde38

#de38ff · #ff7a38 · #59ff38

Contrast

#38bdff as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.12:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #007ab8 as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #005c8a as the text (7.25:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.13:1)
Aaon black
9.89:1passpasspassPasses 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 #38bdff as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

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

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

tool url/palettes/new/38bdff-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md