Color
#235601
#235601rgb(35, 86, 1)hsl(96, 98%, 17%)oklch(0.402 0.121 137.1)Colors that go with #235601
Blue, Emerald Green and Taupe 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #235601, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #235601 in 4 real palettes, including CircleCI's brand system and Neon's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #235601 in 9 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Squarespace's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #235601 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #235601: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #235601 in 3 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Clerk's brand system, as the accent.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #235601: 3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #235601 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #235601
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #235601 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.4:1 | 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 #235601 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#235601 reads as vivid, 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 #235601 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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