Color
#38e5dd
#38e5ddrgb(56, 229, 221)hsl(177, 77%, 56%)oklch(0.837 0.134 190.1)Colors that go with #38e5dd
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Crimson 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 #38e5dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #38e5dd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #38e5dd in 4 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #38e5dd in 9 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #38e5dd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #38e5dd: 3 real palettes, including Bluesky Social's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #38e5dd: 3 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
triadicshippedGoldenrod completes a triad with #38e5dd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #38e5dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #38e5dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.42:1 | 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 #38e5dd 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 #38e5dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/38e5dd-a2bcbe-d4599b-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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