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Color
#356b97
#356b97
hex
#356b97rgb
rgb(53, 107, 151)hsl
hsl(207, 48%, 40%)oklch
oklch(0.511 0.091 245.5)Closest name: Chill of the Night (#256d8d)Relative luminance 0.1351
Colors that go with #356b97
Charcoal, Rust 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #356b97: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #356b97: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #356b97 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 #356b97 in 8 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #356b97, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #356b97: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #356b97 in 18 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #356b97: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Venmo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #356b97
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #356b97 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.67:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.7:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #356b97 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#356b97 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #356b97
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 #356b97 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/356b97-9cadc4-df4e53-1f212d-e9f1f1?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