Color
#23485c
#23485crgb(35, 72, 92)hsl(201, 45%, 25%)oklch(0.383 0.054 234.3)Colors that go with #23485c
Royal 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #23485c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #23485c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #23485c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #23485c, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #23485c, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #23485c: 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #23485c: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Desert Road.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #23485c: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #23485c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #23485c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.75:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.15:1 | 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 #23485c as the background.
Brands using this color
- Auth0secondary · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Hingesecondary · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Jack Daniel'ssecondary · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Lamborghiniaccent · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Pumaaccent · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Stanleyaccent · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Starlinkprimary · #27455c · Δ1.008
- Zoomaccent · #27455c · Δ1.008
- IHGaccent · #1f4456 · Δ1.601
- Codecademysecondary · #2c4c5c · Δ1.748
- Codecademyprimary · #1c4454 · Δ1.936
Fonts for this mood
#23485c 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 #23485c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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