Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#22272f
#22272f
hex
#22272frgb
rgb(34, 39, 47)hsl
hsl(217, 16%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.271 0.017 259.8)Closest name: Infinity (#222831)Relative luminance 0.02
Colors that go with #22272f
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 #22272f without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #22272f 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 Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #22272f, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #22272f 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 #22272f, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #22272f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #22272f in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #22272f: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #22272f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22272f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.01:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | 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 #22272f as the background.
Brands using this color
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.975
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.975
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.048
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.129
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.183
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.183
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.183
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.227
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.296
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.427
- Charactersecondary · #1f2937 · Δ1.477
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.677
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.677
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.677
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.677
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.677
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.727
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.749
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.749
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.792
- dbt Labssecondary · #1e2939 · Δ1.842
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.882
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.882
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.92
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.983
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.988
Palettes built around it
Beach Hut
Open in tool →Sea blue with sun-bleached yellow and a coral — striped-canvas summer, softened so it works on a screen.
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
#22272f reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22272f
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 #22272f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22272f-9ca7c4-df624e-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