Color
#265a7d
#265a7drgb(38, 90, 125)hsl(204, 53%, 32%)oklch(0.449 0.08 241.2)Colors that go with #265a7d
Royal Blue, Sienna and 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #265a7d'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 #265a7d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #265a7d, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #265a7d: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #265a7d: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #265a7d in 14 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #265a7d: 16 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #265a7d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #265a7d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #265a7d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.84:1 | 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 #265a7d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#265a7d reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #265a7d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/265a7d-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md