Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#26232e
#26232e
hex
#26232ergb
rgb(38, 35, 46)hsl
hsl(256, 14%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.264 0.021 297.5)Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0181
Colors that go with #26232e
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 #26232e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #26232e in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #26232e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #26232e in 9 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #26232e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #26232e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #26232e in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Coastal, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #26232e: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and SoFi's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #26232e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #26232e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.42:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.36:1 | 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 #26232e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.405
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.631
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.631
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.631
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.631
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.782
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.822
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.822
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.911
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.938
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.938
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#26232e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #26232e
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 #26232e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/26232e-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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