Color
#050523
#050523rgb(5, 5, 35)hsl(240, 75%, 8%)oklch(0.143 0.063 275.1)Colors that go with #050523
Charcoal, Rust and Sea Green 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 #050523: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #050523 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #050523 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #050523'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 #050523 in 14 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped17 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #050523, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #050523 in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Twitch's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #050523, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #050523
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #050523 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.95:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.05:1 | 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 #050523 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#050523 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 #050523 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/050523-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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