Frost & Ember
Open in tool →Navy and frost with one ember red — the classic cold-with-a-warm-accent structure, borrowed from a thousand ski posters.
Color
#1c324f
#1c324f
hex
#1c324frgb
rgb(28, 50, 79)hsl
hsl(214, 48%, 21%)oklch
oklch(0.314 0.059 255.8)Closest name: Beyond the Stars (#0a3251)Relative luminance 0.0309
Colors that go with #1c324f
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green and Sienna 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #1c324f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #1c324f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #1c324f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #1c324f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #1c324f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1c324f in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #1c324f, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #1c324f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #1c324f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c324f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.97:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.62:1 | 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 #1c324f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1c324f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c324f
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 #1c324f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c324f-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-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