Color
#3c8286
#3c8286rgb(60, 130, 134)hsl(183, 38%, 38%)oklch(0.563 0.07 200.4)Colors that go with #3c8286
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber 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 #3c8286: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #3c8286 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #3c8286 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #3c8286, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #3c8286, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3c8286: 6 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #3c8286: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #3c8286: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #3c8286
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3c8286 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3c8286 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
#3c8286 reads as cool, modern. 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 #3c8286 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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