Color

#224c53

#224c53
hex#224c53
rgbrgb(34, 76, 83)
hslhsl(189, 42%, 23%)
oklchoklch(0.39 0.048 209.7)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0613

Colors that go with #224c53

Steel Blue, Teal and Rust 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 →

#532922

#225342 · #223353

#53224c · #4c5322

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#532233 · #534222

#422253 · #532922 · #335322

Contrast

#224c53 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.43:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.23:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3a818d as the text (4.7:1)
  • AAA: use #48a2b1 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dedede (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #224c53 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#224c53 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #224c53
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 #224c53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/224c53-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md