Color
#00252d
#00252drgb(0, 37, 45)hsl(191, 100%, 9%)oklch(0.244 0.043 215.6)Colors that go with #00252d
Charcoal, Crimson and Rust 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 #00252d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #00252d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #00252d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #00252d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #00252d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #00252d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #00252d in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #00252d, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #00252d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #00252d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.12:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.3:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #00252d 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
#00252d reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #00252d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/00252d-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?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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