Color

#255f83

#255f83
hex#255f83
rgbrgb(37, 95, 131)
hslhsl(203, 56%, 33%)
oklchoklch(0.464 0.084 239.5)
Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.1022

Colors that go with #255f83

Charcoal, 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 →

#834925

#258378 · #253083

#83255f · #5f8325

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#832530 · #837825

#782583 · #834925 · #308325

Contrast

#255f83 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.9:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #245c7f as the text (7.21:1)
Aaon black
3.04:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #307cab as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #509dce as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #d1d1d1 (4.52:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #255f83 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#255f83 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #255f83
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 #255f83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/255f83-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md