Color

#21504b

#21504b
hex#21504b
rgbrgb(33, 80, 75)
hslhsl(174, 42%, 22%)
oklchoklch(0.397 0.052 186)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0657

Colors that go with #21504b

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 →

#502125

#215033 · #213d50

#4b2150 · #504b21

Split-complementary

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#50213d · #503321

#332150 · #502125 · #3d5021

Contrast

#21504b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.08:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.31:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #35827b as the text (4.63:1)
  • AAA: use #44a79d as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #21504b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#21504b reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #21504b
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 #21504b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/21504b-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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