Color

#055252

#055252
hex#055252
rgbrgb(5, 82, 82)
hslhsl(180, 89%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.398 0.066 194.8)
Closest name: Cape Verde (#01554f)Relative luminance 0.0668

Colors that go with #055252

Crimson, Blue and Cadet 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.

Real palettes that use #055252

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#520505

#05522b · #052b52

#520552 · #525205

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#52052b · #522b05

#2b0552 · #520505 · #2b5205

Contrast

#055252 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.99:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.34:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #088282 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #0aa9a9 as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #055252 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#055252 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #055252
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #055252 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/055252-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md