Color

#252136

#252136
hex#252136
rgbrgb(37, 33, 54)
hslhsl(251, 24%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.262 0.039 292.2)
Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0175

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#323621

#212836 · #2f2136

#362521 · #213625

Split-complementary

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#362f21 · #283621

#362128 · #323621 · #21362f

Contrast

#252136 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.56:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.35:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #786ea6 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #9890bb as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8a8a8a (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.18:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #252136 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#252136 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #252136
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #252136 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/252136-a89cc4-dfb34e-281f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md