Color

#1b504b

#1b504b
hex#1b504b
rgbrgb(27, 80, 75)
hslhsl(174, 50%, 21%)
oklchoklch(0.395 0.056 186.5)
Closest name: Cape Verde (#01554f)Relative luminance 0.0648

Colors that go with #1b504b

Crimson, Teal 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 →

#501b20

#1b5030 · #1b3b50

#4b1b50 · #504b1b

Split-complementary

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#501b3b · #50301b

#301b50 · #501b20 · #3b501b

Contrast

#1b504b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.15:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.3:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #2b8279 as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #38a89d as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.13:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #1b504b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#1b504b reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #1b504b
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 #1b504b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1b504b-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md