Color
#281853
#281853rgb(40, 24, 83)hsl(256, 55%, 21%)oklch(0.269 0.102 290.4)Colors that go with #281853
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 #281853: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #281853'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 #281853: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #281853 — 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 #281853 in 7 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #281853, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #281853 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #281853: 9 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #281853
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #281853 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.6:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.35:1 | 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 #281853 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#281853 reads as cool, dark, luxury. 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 #281853 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/281853-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.
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