Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Color
#222b2f
#222b2f
hex
#222b2frgb
rgb(34, 43, 47)hsl
hsl(198, 16%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.282 0.015 226.6)Closest name: Cinder (#242a2e)Relative luminance 0.0227
Colors that go with #222b2f
Amber, Blue and Blue Violet 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #222b2f in 15 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #222b2f, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #222b2f in 7 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #222b2f, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #222b2f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #222b2f in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #222b2f: 9 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #222b2f was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #222b2f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #222b2f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.44:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.45:1 | 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 #222b2f as the background.
Brands using this color
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.158
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.405
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.405
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.481
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.528
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.549
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.718
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.718
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.738
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.82
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.989
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.989
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.989
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.994
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#222b2f reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #222b2f
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 #222b2f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/222b2f-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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