Color

#223b96

#223b96
hex#223b96
rgbrgb(34, 59, 150)
hslhsl(227, 63%, 36%)
oklchoklch(0.393 0.152 267.1)
Closest name: Depths of Night (#2c319b)Relative luminance 0.0567

Colors that go with #223b96

Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 →

#967d22

#227596 · #432296

#96223b · #3b9622

Split-complementary

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#964322 · #759622

#962275 · #967d22 · #229643

Contrast

#223b96 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.84:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.13:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #506ed7 as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #7e94e2 as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #223b96 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#223b96 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #223b96
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 #223b96 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/223b96-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md