Color

#2253bf

#2253bf
hex#2253bf
rgbrgb(34, 83, 191)
hslhsl(221, 70%, 44%)
oklchoklch(0.477 0.178 263)
Closest name: Denim (#1560bd)Relative luminance 0.1029

Colors that go with #2253bf

Charcoal, Amber 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 →

#bf8d22

#22a2bf · #3e22bf

#bf2253 · #53bf22

Split-complementary

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#bf3e22 · #a2bf22

#bf22a2 · #bf8d22 · #22bf3e

Contrast

#2253bf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.87:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #2152ba as the text (7.05:1)
Aaon black
3.06:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #3c6fdd as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #7095e6 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #d4d4d4 (4.63:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2253bf as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2253bf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2253bf
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 #2253bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2253bf-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md