Color

#163898

#163898
hex#163898
rgbrgb(22, 56, 152)
hslhsl(224, 75%, 34%)
oklchoklch(0.385 0.162 264.7)
Closest name: Depths of Night (#2c319b)Relative luminance 0.0527

Colors that go with #163898

Charcoal, Steel Blue and 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#987516

#167998 · #341698

#981638 · #389816

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#983416 · #799816

#981679 · #987516 · #169834

Contrast

#163898 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
10.23:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.05:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #446ee4 as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #7594eb as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #adadad (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d6d6d6 (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #163898 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#163898 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #163898
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 #163898 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/163898-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md