Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#1e232e
#1e232e
hex
#1e232ergb
rgb(30, 35, 46)hsl
hsl(221, 21%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.256 0.022 265.7)Closest name: Dark (#1b2431)Relative luminance 0.0168
Colors that go with #1e232e
Charcoal, Amber and 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 that reads cleanly against #1e232e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1e232e in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #1e232e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1e232e in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #1e232e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #1e232e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1e232e in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #1e232e: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1e232e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1e232e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.73:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #1e232e as the background.
Brands using this color
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.001
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.001
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.158
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.459
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.459
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.459
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.459
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.715
- Volkswagenprimary · #1b2236 · Δ1.731
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.831
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Pastel Pop
Open in tool →Pastels pushed to the saturated end — pink, sky and lemon — for brands that want soft AND loud.
Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Fonts for this mood
#1e232e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1e232e
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 #1e232e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1e232e-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?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