Lido
Open in tool →Pool blue, watermelon and sun on white — the poolside summer set; the deep teal text keeps it from going juvenile.
Color
#053243
#053243
hex
#053243rgb
rgb(5, 50, 67)hsl
hsl(196, 86%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.297 0.055 229.1)Closest name: Nordic Noir (#003344)Relative luminance 0.0272
Colors that go with #053243
Crimson, Royal Blue and Sienna 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.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #053243: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #053243'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 #053243 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 #053243'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 #053243 in 9 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped19 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #053243, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #053243, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #053243: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #053243
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #053243 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.6:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.54:1 | 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 #053243 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#053243 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #053243
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 #053243 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/053243-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-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