Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#08222b
#08222b
hex
#08222brgb
rgb(8, 34, 43)hsl
hsl(195, 69%, 10%)oklch
oklch(0.237 0.036 224.2)Closest name: Sunken Ship (#10252a)Relative luminance 0.0137
Colors that go with #08222b
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #08222b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #08222b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
analogousshippedDenim is #08222b'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 #08222b 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 #08222b'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 #08222b in 14 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #08222b in 23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Monzo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #08222b in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #08222b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #08222b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.48:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.27:1 | 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 #08222b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#08222b reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #08222b
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 #08222b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/08222b-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-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