Color

#255e79

#255e79
hex#255e79
rgbrgb(37, 94, 121)
hslhsl(199, 53%, 31%)
oklchoklch(0.457 0.073 232.1)
Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.0978

Colors that go with #255e79

Crimson, Royal Blue and Sienna 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 →

#794025

#25796a · #253579

#79255e · #5e7925

Split-complementary

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#792535 · #796a25

#6a2579 · #794025 · #357925

Contrast

#255e79 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.1:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.96:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #317da0 as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #4ca0c8 as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cfcfcf (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ffffff (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #255e79 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#255e79 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #255e79
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 #255e79 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/255e79-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md