Color

#296485

#296485
hex#296485
rgbrgb(41, 100, 133)
hslhsl(202, 53%, 34%)
oklchoklch(0.48 0.081 236.5)
Closest name: Blue Velvet (#0d6183)Relative luminance 0.1128

Colors that go with #296485

Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sienna 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 →

#854a29

#298578 · #293585

#852963 · #638529

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#852935 · #857829

#782985 · #854a29 · #358529

Contrast

#296485 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.45:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #265d7d as the text (7.13:1)
Aaon black
3.26:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #347da8 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #539fca as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (4.57:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #296485 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#296485 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #296485
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 #296485 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/296485-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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