Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#538d83
#538d83
hex
#538d83rgb
rgb(83, 141, 131)hsl
hsl(170, 26%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.601 0.063 181.8)Closest name: Highlands (#449084)Relative luminance 0.2253
Colors that go with #538d83
Charcoal, Copper and Champagne 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 #538d83: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #538d83 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #538d83, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #538d83 in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #538d83: 8 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #538d83 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Paramount+'s brand system put Midnight Blue beside #538d83, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #538d83, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #538d83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #538d83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.81:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.51:1 | 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 #538d83 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 #538d83
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 #538d83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/538d83-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?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