Color
#022a40
#022a40rgb(2, 42, 64)hsl(201, 94%, 13%)oklch(0.271 0.059 238.8)Colors that go with #022a40
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal Blue 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 #022a40: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #022a40: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #022a40's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #022a40 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #022a40'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 #022a40 in 18 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Southwest Airlines's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #022a40, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #022a40 in 6 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #022a40
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #022a40 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.92:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.41:1 | 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 #022a40 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#022a40 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 #022a40 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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