Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#18342b
#18342b
hex
#18342brgb
rgb(24, 52, 43)hsl
hsl(161, 37%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.3 0.038 170.7)Closest name: Elite Teal (#133337)Relative luminance 0.0282
Colors that go with #18342b
Rust, Sea Green 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.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #18342b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #18342b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #18342b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
triadicshippedSlate Blue completes a triad with #18342b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #18342b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #18342b 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 #18342b in 10 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #18342b: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #18342b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #18342b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.42:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.56:1 | 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 #18342b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#18342b reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #18342b
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 #18342b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/18342b-a2beb8-d459bb-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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