Color
#38dcd6
#38dcd6rgb(56, 220, 214)hsl(178, 70%, 54%)oklch(0.813 0.129 191.2)Colors that go with #38dcd6
Charcoal, Light Coral and Deep Sky 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 #38dcd6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #38dcd6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #38dcd6's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #38dcd6 in 11 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38dcd6 in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #38dcd6 in 3 real palettes, including Bluesky Social's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Khaki #f0e68c
shippedKhaki is paired with #38dcd6 in 3 real palettes, including Pastel Pop and Nursery, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green is paired with #38dcd6 in 3 real palettes, including Prisma's brand system and Netlify's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #38dcd6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38dcd6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.38:1 | 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 #38dcd6 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #38dcd6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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