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Open in tool →Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.
Color
#265a48
#265a48
hex
#265a48rgb
rgb(38, 90, 72)hsl
hsl(159, 41%, 25%)oklch
oklch(0.426 0.064 168)Closest name: Evergreen (#125b49)Relative luminance 0.0819
Colors that go with #265a48
Blue, Crimson and Denim 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #265a48, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #265a48 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and MAC Cosmetics's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #265a48: 5 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #265a48 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and CircleCI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #265a48 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #265a48, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #265a48: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #265a48 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #265a48
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #265a48 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.64:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #265a48 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#265a48 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #265a48
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 #265a48 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/265a48-a2beb8-d459c0-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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