Color

#252a2d

#252a2d
hex#252a2d
rgbrgb(37, 42, 45)
hslhsl(203, 10%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.281 0.009 234)
Closest name: Cinder (#242a2e)Relative luminance 0.0224

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#2d2825

#252d2c · #25262d

#2d252a · #2a2d25

Split-complementary

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#2d2526 · #2d2c25

#2c252d · #2d2825 · #262d25

Contrast

#252a2d as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
14.51:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6a7881 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #8c99a1 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #919191 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #252a2d as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#252a2d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #252a2d
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 #252a2d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/252a2d-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md