Chalkboard
Open in tool →Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Color
#1e2a29
#1e2a29
hex
#1e2a29rgb
rgb(30, 42, 41)hsl
hsl(175, 17%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.274 0.017 189.9)Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0209
Colors that go with #1e2a29
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 #1e2a29 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1e2a29 in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #1e2a29, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1e2a29 in 8 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #1e2a29, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #1e2a29, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1e2a29 in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #1e2a29: 10 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1e2a29
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1e2a29 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.81:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.42:1 | 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 #1e2a29 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.429
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.444
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.444
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.693
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.693
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.73
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.73
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.73
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.73
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.73
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.818
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.818
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.818
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.818
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.839
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.952
Palettes built around it
Riverbed
Open in tool →Wet-stone green and pebble grey with a copper accent — an earth palette that leans cool, for outdoor and wellness.
Undergrowth
Open in tool →Fern and lichen with a fungus orange on a fir-black — the forest floor at dusk, as a dark theme.
Fonts for this mood
#1e2a29 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1e2a29
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 #1e2a29 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1e2a29-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?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