Color

#253c2b

#253c2b
hex#253c2b
rgbrgb(37, 60, 43)
hslhsl(136, 24%, 19%)
oklchoklch(0.331 0.042 151.8)
Closest name: Everglade (#264334)Relative luminance 0.038

Colors that go with #253c2b

Dark Olive Green, Sienna and Teal 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.

Real palettes that use #253c2b

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#3c2536

#2a3c25 · #253c37

#2b253c · #3c2b25

Split-complementary

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#37253c · #3c252a

#252a3c · #3c2536 · #3c3725

Contrast

#253c2b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.93:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.76:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4f825d as the text (4.68:1)
  • AAA: use #67a277 as the text (7.01:1)
  • 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 #253c2b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#253c2b reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #253c2b
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 #253c2b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/253c2b-a2bead-b959d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md