Glacier
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Color
#164288
#164288
hex
#164288rgb
rgb(22, 66, 136)hsl
hsl(217, 72%, 31%)oklch
oklch(0.392 0.127 259.6)Closest name: Cascade Twilight (#234893)Relative luminance 0.0584
Colors that go with #164288
Charcoal, Crimson and Steel 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 #164288: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #164288 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #164288's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #164288, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #164288: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #164288: 16 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped18 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #164288, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #164288 in 4 real palettes, including NASA's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #164288
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #164288 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.68:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.17:1 | 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 #164288 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#164288 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #164288
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 #164288 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/164288-9ca7c4-df624e-201f2d-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