Chalkboard
Open in tool →Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Color
#272a28
#272a28
hex
#272a28rgb
rgb(39, 42, 40)hsl
hsl(140, 4%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.281 0.006 156.9)Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0224
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #272a28 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.5:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.45:1 | 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 #272a28 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ0.676
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ0.709
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ0.711
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.201
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.315
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.38
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.38
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.38
- Headspacetext · #2d2c2b · Δ1.394
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.973
Palettes built around it
Homestead
Open in tool →Timber and olive for homes that photograph in golden hour; nothing here competes with a good listing photo.
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.
Fonts for this mood
#272a28 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #272a28
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #272a28 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/272a28-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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