Color

#185053

#185053
hex#185053
rgbrgb(24, 80, 83)
hslhsl(183, 55%, 21%)
oklchoklch(0.397 0.057 200.2)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0656

Colors that go with #185053

Crimson, 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.

Real palettes that use #185053

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#531b18

#185338 · #183353

#531850 · #505318

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#531833 · #533818

#381853 · #531b18 · #335318

Contrast

#185053 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.09:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.31:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #278286 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #31a4aa as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #185053 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#185053 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #185053
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 #185053 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/185053-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md