Campus
Open in tool →Institutional blue with a highlighter-amber accent — trustworthy for parents, lively enough for students.
Color
#252a41
#252a41
hex
#252a41rgb
rgb(37, 42, 65)hsl
hsl(229, 27%, 20%)oklch
oklch(0.291 0.043 274.1)Closest name: Eternal Darkness (#1c2841)Relative luminance 0.0243
Colors that go with #252a41
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #252a41 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #252a41 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #252a41: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #252a41's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #252a41's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #252a41 in 11 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped19 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #252a41, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #252a41: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #252a41
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #252a41 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.13:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.49:1 | 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 #252a41 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Open House
Open in tool →Steel blue for trust, warm gold for the sold moment — an approachable brokerage that still feels established.
Coastal
Open in tool →Sea-teal, sky and sand — bright without shouting; works for travel, wellness, and anything near water.
Lavender Milk
Open in tool →Lilac and pale violet with a blush accent on a lavender-white — the calmest pastel family, made for sleep, journaling and self-care.
Fonts for this mood
#252a41 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #252a41
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #252a41 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/252a41-9c9fc4-df7e4e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md