Chalkboard
Open in tool →Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Color
#202c2a
#202c2a
hex
#202c2argb
rgb(32, 44, 42)hsl
hsl(170, 16%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.281 0.017 183.8)Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0228
Colors that go with #202c2a
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 #202c2a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #202c2a in 15 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #202c2a, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #202c2a in 7 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #202c2a, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #202c2a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #202c2a in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #202c2a: 10 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #202c2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #202c2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.46:1 | 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 #202c2a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafoneprimary · #25282b · Δ1.641
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.641
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.725
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.741
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.837
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.837
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.837
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.9
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.978
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.978
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.
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Fonts for this mood
#202c2a reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #202c2a
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 #202c2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/202c2a-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?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