Color
#283b52
#283b52rgb(40, 59, 82)hsl(213, 34%, 24%)oklch(0.347 0.047 253.7)Colors that go with #283b52
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green and Teal 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #283b52: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #283b52 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #283b52'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 #283b52 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 #283b52 in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #283b52, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #283b52, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #283b52: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #283b52
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #283b52 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.84:1 | 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 #283b52 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#283b52 reads as cool, muted, dark. 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 #283b52 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/283b52-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-e9f0f1?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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