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
#12285e
#12285e
hex
#12285ergb
rgb(18, 40, 94)hsl
hsl(223, 68%, 22%)oklch
oklch(0.295 0.101 264.3)Closest name: Marine (#042e60)Relative luminance 0.0245
Colors that go with #12285e
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green 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 #12285e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #12285e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #12285e — 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 #12285e'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 #12285e'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 #12285e 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 #12285e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #12285e in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #12285e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12285e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.09:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.49:1 | 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 #12285e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#12285e reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #12285e
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 #12285e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/12285e-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?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