Color

#253c38

#253c38
hex#253c38
rgbrgb(37, 60, 56)
hslhsl(170, 24%, 19%)
oklchoklch(0.336 0.03 182.3)
Closest name: Botanical Night (#12403c)Relative luminance 0.0391

Colors that go with #253c38

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

Open in tool →

#3c2529

#253c2d · #25343c

#38253c · #3c3825

Split-complementary

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#3c2534 · #3c2d25

#2d253c · #3c2529 · #343c25

Contrast

#253c38 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.78:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.78:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4e7e76 as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #64a096 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #253c38 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#253c38 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #253c38
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 #253c38 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/253c38-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md