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
#22252a
#22252a
hex
#22252argb
rgb(34, 37, 42)hsl
hsl(218, 11%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.264 0.01 260.7)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.0183
Colors that go with #22252a
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 #22252a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #22252a in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #22252a, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #22252a 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 #22252a, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #22252a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #22252a in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #22252a: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and SoFi's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #22252a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22252a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.37:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.37:1 | 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 #22252a as the background.
Brands using this color
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ0.271
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ0.271
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ0.271
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ0.384
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.83
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.83
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ0.884
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ0.942
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.08
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.152
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.152
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.152
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.152
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.152
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.174
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.174
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.211
- Acertext · #222222 · Δ1.548
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.548
- AliExpressprimary · #222222 · Δ1.548
- AliExpresstext · #222222 · Δ1.548
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ1.548
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ1.548
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.642
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.642
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.687
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.687
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.756
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ1.825
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ1.825
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.883
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.883
- Rolextext · #212121 · Δ1.883
- SoFiprimary · #212121 · Δ1.883
- SoFitext · #212121 · Δ1.883
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.886
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
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
#22252a reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22252a
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 #22252a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22252a-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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