Blue Mono
Open in tool →One blue at four lightnesses — monochromatic in the colour-theory sense; the deep step is the text, the pale step the surface tint.
Color
#0e285d
#0e285d
hex
#0e285drgb
rgb(14, 40, 93)hsl
hsl(220, 74%, 21%)oklch
oklch(0.293 0.1 262.4)Closest name: Black Sea Night (#052462)Relative luminance 0.024
Colors that go with #0e285d
Charcoal, Sea Green and Slate 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 #0e285d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #0e285d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #0e285d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #0e285d'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 #0e285d in 6 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #0e285d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #0e285d in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #0e285d: 8 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #0e285d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0e285d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.19:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.48:1 | 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 #0e285d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0e285d reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0e285d
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 #0e285d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0e285d-9ca5c4-df694e-211f2d-e9f0f1?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