Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#22222f
#22222f
hex
#22222frgb
rgb(34, 34, 47)hsl
hsl(240, 16%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.258 0.024 284.6)Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0169
Colors that go with #22222f
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 #22222f without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #22222f in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #22222f, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #22222f in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #22222f, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #22222f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #22222f in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #22222f: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #22222f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22222f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #22222f as the background.
Brands using this color
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ0.982
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ0.982
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.14
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.566
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.612
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.612
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.62
- Volkswagenprimary · #1b2236 · Δ1.742
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.807
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.807
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.807
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.835
Palettes built around it
Pastel Pop
Open in tool →Pastels pushed to the saturated end — pink, sky and lemon — for brands that want soft AND loud.
Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Fonts for this mood
#22222f reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22222f
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 #22222f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22222f-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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