Color
#38ccd6
#38ccd6rgb(56, 204, 214)hsl(184, 66%, 53%)oklch(0.775 0.12 201.8)Colors that go with #38ccd6
Charcoal, Light Coral 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 #38ccd6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #38ccd6 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 Canva's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #38ccd6, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38ccd6 in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #38ccd6: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #38ccd6: 4 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #38ccd6: 5 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #38ccd6, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #38ccd6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38ccd6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.95:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.78:1 | 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 #38ccd6 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#38ccd6 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #38ccd6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/38ccd6-a2b9be-df4e8a-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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