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Open in tool →Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.
Color
#226252
#226252
hex
#226252rgb
rgb(34, 98, 82)hsl
hsl(165, 48%, 26%)oklch
oklch(0.45 0.07 173.6)Closest name: Mosque (#005f5b)Relative luminance 0.0968
Colors that go with #226252
Crimson, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #226252: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #226252: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #226252, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #226252: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #226252: 9 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #226252 in 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #226252, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #226252: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #226252
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #226252 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.94:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #226252 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#226252 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #226252
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #226252 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/226252-a2beba-d459b3-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md