Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#212830
#212830
hex
#212830rgb
rgb(33, 40, 48)hsl
hsl(212, 19%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.274 0.018 251.9)Closest name: Infinity (#222831)Relative luminance 0.0205
Colors that go with #212830
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 #212830 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #212830 in 18 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #212830, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #212830 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 #212830, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #212830, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #212830 in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #212830: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #212830
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #212830 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.88:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.41:1 | 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 #212830 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.102
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.12
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.12
- Charactersecondary · #1f2937 · Δ1.268
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.374
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.389
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.408
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.414
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.423
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.423
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.423
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.423
- dbt Labssecondary · #1e2939 · Δ1.651
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.665
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.823
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.823
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.858
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.858
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.858
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.858
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.858
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.94
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#212830 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #212830
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 #212830 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/212830-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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