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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
#265e53
#265e53
hex
#265e53rgb
rgb(38, 94, 83)hsl
hsl(168, 42%, 26%)oklch
oklch(0.441 0.062 178.4)Closest name: Enchanting Ivy (#315955)Relative luminance 0.0904
Colors that go with #265e53
Cadet Blue, Copper 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #265e53: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #265e53: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #265e53: 6 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #265e53 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #265e53, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #265e53 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #265e53: 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 #265e53 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 #265e53
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #265e53 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.48:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.81:1 | 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 #265e53 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#265e53 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #265e53
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 #265e53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/265e53-a2bebc-d459ad-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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