Crayon Box
Open in tool →Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.
Color
#22242a
#22242a
hex
#22242argb
rgb(34, 36, 42)hsl
hsl(225, 11%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.261 0.012 270.9)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.0177
Colors that go with #22242a
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 #22242a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #22242a in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #22242a, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #22242a in 10 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 #22242a, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #22242a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #22242a in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #22242a: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and SoFi's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #22242a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22242a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.51:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.35:1 | 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 #22242a as the background.
Brands using this color
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ0.482
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ0.482
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ0.482
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ0.592
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ0.74
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ0.874
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ0.985
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ0.985
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.161
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.165
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.165
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.31
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.31
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.399
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.399
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.399
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.399
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.399
- Acertext · #222222 · Δ1.458
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.458
- AliExpressprimary · #222222 · Δ1.458
- AliExpresstext · #222222 · Δ1.458
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ1.458
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ1.458
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.536
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ1.663
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ1.663
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.675
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.745
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.745
- Rolextext · #212121 · Δ1.745
- SoFiprimary · #212121 · Δ1.745
- SoFitext · #212121 · Δ1.745
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.98
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.98
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Fonts for this mood
#22242a reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22242a
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 #22242a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22242a-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?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