Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#23282e
#23282e
hex
#23282ergb
rgb(35, 40, 46)hsl
hsl(213, 14%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.274 0.013 253)Closest name: Infinity (#222831)Relative luminance 0.0207
Colors that go with #23282e
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 #23282e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #23282e in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #23282e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #23282e 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 #23282e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #23282e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #23282e in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #23282e: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #23282e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #23282e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.41:1 | 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 #23282e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ0.63
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.716
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.716
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.156
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.291
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.291
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.291
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.315
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.347
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.347
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.446
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.446
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.446
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.446
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.446
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.477
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.535
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.586
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.589
- Charactersecondary · #1f2937 · Δ1.68
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.697
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.74
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.74
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.776
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.934
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.962
Palettes built around it
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Fonts for this mood
#23282e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #23282e
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 #23282e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/23282e-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-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