Still Water
Open in tool →Dusty teal and mist with a sand accent — low chroma, low contrast between colours, high contrast for text: the recipe for calm.
Color
#538a9d
#538a9d
hex
#538a9drgb
rgb(83, 138, 157)hsl
hsl(195, 31%, 47%)oklch
oklch(0.603 0.065 222.1)Closest name: Blue Moon (#3992a8)Relative luminance 0.2245
Colors that go with #538a9d
Charcoal, Copper 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 #538a9d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #538a9d 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 #538a9d in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #538a9d: 6 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #538a9d in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #538a9d: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #538a9d: 16 real palettes, including Campus and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #538a9d: 4 real palettes, including Honda's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #538a9d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #538a9d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.83:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.49:1 | 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 #538a9d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #538a9d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #538a9d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/538a9d-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md