Color
#232b71
#232b71rgb(35, 43, 113)hsl(234, 53%, 29%)oklch(0.328 0.12 272.9)Colors that go with #232b71
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #232b71: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #232b71's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #232b71 in 6 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #232b71 in 5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #232b71 in 4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Lamborghini's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #232b71 in 12 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Hasbro's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green is paired with #232b71 in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #232b71 in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Tumblr's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #232b71
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #232b71 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.69:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.66:1 | 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 #232b71 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#232b71 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #232b71 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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