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Color
Chill of the Night
#256d8d
hex
#256d8drgb
rgb(37, 109, 141)hsl
hsl(198, 58%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.505 0.086 231.4)Relative luminance 0.1325
Colors that go with Chill of the Night
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Chill of the Night: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of Chill of the Night: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is Chill of the Night's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite Chill of the Night on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Chill of the Night in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside Chill of the Night, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Chill of the Night: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Chill of the Night: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Chill of the Night
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Chill of the Night as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.65:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Chill of the Night as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Chill of the Night reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Chill of the Night
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #256d8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/256d8d-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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