Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#20282d
#20282d
hex
#20282drgb
rgb(32, 40, 45)hsl
hsl(203, 17%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.271 0.015 235.5)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.0201
Colors that go with #20282d
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 #20282d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #20282d 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 #20282d, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #20282d 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 #20282d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #20282d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #20282d in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #20282d: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #20282d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #20282d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.97:1 | 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 #20282d as the background.
Brands using this color
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.791
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.791
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.082
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.082
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.082
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.082
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.175
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.488
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.488
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.488
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.568
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.752
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.788
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.807
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.827
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.874
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.874
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.973
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#20282d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #20282d
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 #20282d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/20282d-9cb0c4-df4e5d-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