Mint Modern
Open in tool →Emerald as a primary rather than a success color, anchored by deep teal text — fresh, friendly, and fintech-adjacent.
Color
#185253
#185253
hex
#185253rgb
rgb(24, 82, 83)hsl
hsl(181, 55%, 21%)oklch
oklch(0.403 0.058 196.7)Closest name: Cape Verde (#01554f)Relative luminance 0.0685
Colors that go with #185253
Crimson, Blue and Cadet 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.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #185253 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #185253, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #185253: 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #185253: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #185253: 8 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #185253 in 5 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Chime's brand system, as the lead colour.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #185253 in 4 real palettes, including Lagoon and N26's brand system, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #185253: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #185253
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #185253 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.86:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.37:1 | 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 #185253 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#185253 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #185253
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 #185253 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/185253-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?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