Color

#284b57

#284b57
hex#284b57
rgbrgb(40, 75, 87)
hslhsl(195, 37%, 25%)
oklchoklch(0.392 0.045 222.3)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0617

Colors that go with #284b57

Steel Blue, Teal 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#573428

#28574c · #283457

#57284c · #4c5728

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#572834 · #574c28

#4c2857 · #573428 · #345728

Contrast

#284b57 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.4:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.23:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #427c8f as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #5e9fb5 as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e0e0e0 (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #284b57 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#284b57 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #284b57
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #284b57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/284b57-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md