Color

#1b243c

#1b243c
hex#1b243c
rgbrgb(27, 36, 60)
hslhsl(224, 38%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.264 0.047 267.5)
Closest name: Midnight Express (#21263a)Relative luminance 0.0182

Colors that go with #1b243c

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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#3c331b

#1b343c · #231b3c

#3c1b24 · #243c1b

Split-complementary

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#3c231b · #343c1b

#3c1b34 · #3c331b · #1b3c23

Contrast

#1b243c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.39:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.36:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5a72b5 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #8496c8 as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #1b243c as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#1b243c reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #1b243c
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 #1b243c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1b243c-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md