Color
#253305
#253305rgb(37, 51, 5)hsl(78, 82%, 11%)oklch(0.298 0.07 125.4)Colors that go with #253305
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal Blue 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 body-text near-black for #253305: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #253305 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #253305: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #253305's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #253305 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryshippedBlue Violet sits directly opposite #253305 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 #253305 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #253305, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #253305
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #253305 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.51:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.55:1 | 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 #253305 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
#253305 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 #253305 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/253305-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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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