Color
#252b98
#252b98rgb(37, 43, 152)hsl(237, 61%, 37%)oklch(0.368 0.173 271.8)Colors that go with #252b98
Steel Blue, Blue and Charcoal 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #252b98's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Procter & Gamble's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #252b98, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #252b98: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #252b98 in 8 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #252b98: 8 real palettes, including Warbyparker's brand system and Unilever's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #252b98: 4 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and 3M's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #252b98 in 4 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and 3M's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #252b98 in 8 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Discord's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #252b98
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #252b98 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.88:1 | 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 #252b98 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
#252b98 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #252b98 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/252b98-9f9cc4-df924e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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