Named color
Cascade Twilight
#234893rgb(35, 72, 147)hsl(220, 62%, 36%)oklch(0.419 0.131 262.5)Cascade Twilight on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 2 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Cascade Twilight
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Cascade Twilight: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Cascade Twilight — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is Cascade Twilight'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 Cascade Twilight on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside Cascade Twilight, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Cascade Twilight in 14 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Costco's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with Cascade Twilight: 6 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped19 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside Cascade Twilight, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use Cascade Twilight
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Cascade Twilight as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.68:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.42:1 | 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 Cascade Twilight as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Cascade Twilight reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #234893 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/234893-9ca5c4-df694e-211f2d-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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