Color

#253a41

#253a41
hex#253a41
rgbrgb(37, 58, 65)
hslhsl(195, 27%, 20%)
oklchoklch(0.334 0.029 220.8)
Closest name: Astral Nomad (#203943)Relative luminance 0.038

Colors that go with #253a41

Amber, Blue and Blush Pink 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#412c25

#25413a · #252c41

#41253a · #3a4125

Split-complementary

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#41252c · #413a25

#3a2541 · #412c25 · #2c4125

Contrast

#253a41 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.93:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.76:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #507c8b as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #719ead as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #253a41 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#253a41 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #253a41
live endpoint

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.

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

›analyze #253a41 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/253a41-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md