#255b53 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	7.78:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	2.7:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #358277 as the text (4.61:1) AAA: use #44a798 as the text (7.23:1) AA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (4.6:1) AAA: or shift the background to #f5f5f5 (7.13:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #255b53 as the background.

Brands using this color

Neonsecondary · #285d49 · Δ1.948

Palettes built around it

7c3a1d 8a7358 2f5d50 faf6ef 2b2118

Bookshop

Open in tool →

Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.

Editorial Warm Elegant

Fonts for this mood

#255b53 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #255b53

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #255b53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/255b53-a2bebd-d459a7-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md