Color

#254c56

#254c56
hex#254c56
rgbrgb(37, 76, 86)
hslhsl(192, 40%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.392 0.047 216.5)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0623

Colors that go with #254c56

Steel Blue, Teal and 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#562f25

#255647 · #253356

#56254c · #4c5625

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#562533 · #564725

#472556 · #562f25 · #335625

Contrast

#254c56 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.35:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.25:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3d7e8f as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #50a0b4 as the text (7.03:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e0e0e0 (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #254c56 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#254c56 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #254c56
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 #254c56 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/254c56-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md