Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#1f282d
#1f282d
hex
#1f282drgb
rgb(31, 40, 45)hsl
hsl(201, 18%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.27 0.016 232.4)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.02
Colors that go with #1f282d
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 #1f282d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1f282d in 15 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #1f282d, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1f282d in 9 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 #1f282d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #1f282d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1f282d in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #1f282d: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1f282d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1f282d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | 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 #1f282d as the background.
Brands using this color
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.912
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.912
- Vodafoneprimary · #25282b · Δ1.024
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.024
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.089
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.089
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.089
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.089
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.25
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.581
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.581
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.581
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.699
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.753
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.813
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.813
- Charactersecondary · #1f2937 · Δ1.831
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.865
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.899
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.934
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1f282d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1f282d
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 #1f282d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1f282d-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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