Color

#234553

#234553
hex#234553
rgbrgb(35, 69, 83)
hslhsl(198, 41%, 23%)
oklchoklch(0.371 0.046 226.9)
Closest name: Cold and Dark (#154250)Relative luminance 0.0524

Colors that go with #234553

Steel Blue, Teal and Sienna 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 →

#533123

#235349 · #232c53

#532344 · #445323

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#53232c · #534923

#492353 · #533123 · #2c5323

Contrast

#234553 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
10.26:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.05:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3f7d97 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #5d9fbb as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #adadad (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d6d6d6 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #234553 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#234553 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #234553
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 #234553 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/234553-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md