Color

#242136

#242136
hex#242136
rgbrgb(36, 33, 54)
hslhsl(249, 24%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.261 0.039 290)
Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0173

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#333621

#212836 · #2e2136

#362421 · #213624

Split-complementary

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#362e21 · #283621

#362128 · #333621 · #21362e

Contrast

#242136 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.6:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.35:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #766ea6 as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #9790bb as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8a8a8a (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.19:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #242136 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#242136 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #242136
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #242136 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/242136-a79cc4-dfae4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md