Color
#236b7b
#236b7brgb(35, 107, 123)hsl(191, 56%, 31%)oklch(0.491 0.074 215.5)Colors that go with #236b7b
Charcoal, Rust and Amber 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 #236b7b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #236b7b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #236b7b in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #236b7b, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #236b7b: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #236b7b: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #236b7b in 13 real palettes, including Gemstone and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Cider put Dark Goldenrod beside #236b7b, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #236b7b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #236b7b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.07:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.46:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #236b7b as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#236b7b reads as cool, modern. 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 #236b7b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/236b7b-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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