Pastel Pop
Open in tool →Pastels pushed to the saturated end — pink, sky and lemon — for brands that want soft AND loud.
Color
#261c2b
#261c2b
hex
#261c2brgb
rgb(38, 28, 43)hsl
hsl(280, 21%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.245 0.031 314.2)Closest name: Eclipse Elixir (#1f2133)Relative luminance 0.0142
Colors that go with #261c2b
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Sea Green 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 for #261c2b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #261c2b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #261c2b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #261c2b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #261c2b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #261c2b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #261c2b in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #261c2b, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #261c2b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #261c2b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.36:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.28:1 | 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 #261c2b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#261c2b reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #261c2b
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 #261c2b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/261c2b-b99fc1-b8cb62-2d1f2c-ebe9f1?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