Color
#280340
#280340rgb(40, 3, 64)hsl(276, 91%, 13%)oklch(0.221 0.106 306.9)Colors that go with #280340
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #280340: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #280340's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #280340: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #280340 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #280340 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #280340 in 13 real palettes, including Blueprint and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #280340, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #280340 in 8 real palettes, including Gemstone and Yahoo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #280340
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #280340 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.18:1 | 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 #280340 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#280340 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #280340 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/280340-b99cc4-bfcb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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