Chalkboard
Open in tool →Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Color
#242d2a
#242d2a
hex
#242d2argb
rgb(36, 45, 42)hsl
hsl(160, 11%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.287 0.014 173.1)Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0242
Colors that go with #242d2a
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 #242d2a in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #242d2a, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #242d2a in 6 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 #242d2a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #242d2a in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #242d2a: 10 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #242d2a, as the surface under it.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #242d2a was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #242d2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #242d2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.48:1 | 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 #242d2a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.384
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.475
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.511
- Headspacetext · #2d2c2b · Δ1.573
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.687
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.693
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.693
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.728
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.728
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.752
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.845
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.927
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.927
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.977
Palettes built around it
Clean Beauty
Open in tool →Sage and clay on unbleached white — the nothing-to-hide palette for ingredient-led skincare.
Olive Grove
Open in tool →Olive and straw with a rust accent — Mediterranean and unhurried; good for food, wine and hospitality.
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
#242d2a reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #242d2a
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 #242d2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/242d2a-a2beb8-d459be-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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