Lane Anderson posted:I have to admit that I’ve started looking at some darker browns as a possible alternative to oxblood.
I'd encourage you to continue in that vein. Aesthetic choices have to be something you (and not anybody else) love-- but almost every brown compliments the blue where oxblood (depending on how red it is) can very easily fight it for attention (in my opinion).
"Oxblood" is a catchall and can be anything from mahogany to almost brown (with red overtones). IMHO, the more red it is, the worse it would look with blue (which sounds pretty strong, I know). Also, I would factor in that the longer an oxblood leather sits in the sun, the more washed out it will get and the pinker it is going to look (almost always).
Get what you want, Lane-- but you asked for opinions, and there it is.