Color

#223bc9

#223bc9
hex#223bc9
rgbrgb(34, 59, 201)
hslhsl(231, 71%, 46%)
oklchoklch(0.443 0.218 267.4)
Closest name: Lapis on Neptune (#1f22d2)Relative luminance 0.0769

Colors that go with #223bc9

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 →

#c9b022

#228ec9 · #5c22c9

#c9223b · #3bc922

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#c95c22 · #8ec922

#c9228e · #c9b022 · #22c95c

Contrast

#223bc9 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.28:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.54:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #556ae2 as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #8190ea as the text (7.11:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bfbfbf (4.5:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ededed (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 #223bc9 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#223bc9 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #223bc9
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 #223bc9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/223bc9-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md