Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Color
#232a2e
#232a2e
hex
#232a2ergb
rgb(35, 42, 46)hsl
hsl(202, 14%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.28 0.012 232.9)Closest name: Cinder (#242a2e)Relative luminance 0.0221
Colors that go with #232a2e
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 #232a2e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #232a2e 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 #232a2e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #232a2e 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 #232a2e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #232a2e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #232a2e in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #232a2e: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #232a2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #232a2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.56:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.44:1 | 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 #232a2e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.017
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.069
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.069
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.27
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.337
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.48
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.516
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.516
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.573
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.67
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.67
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.67
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.701
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.811
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.824
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.824
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.824
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.824
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.828
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.828
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.897
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#232a2e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #232a2e
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 #232a2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/232a2e-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-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