Color

#281a20

#281a20
hex#281a20
rgbrgb(40, 26, 32)
hslhsl(334, 21%, 13%)
oklchoklch(0.238 0.024 351.7)
Closest name: Black Cherry (#2c1620)Relative luminance 0.0129

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#1a2822

#281a27 · #281b1a

#20281a · #1a2028

Split-complementary

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#1a281b · #1a2728

#27281a · #1a2822 · #1b1a28

Contrast

#281a20 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
16.68:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.26:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #9a657c as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #b28a9b as the text (7:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #858585 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #a8a8a8 (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #281a20 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#281a20 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #281a20
live endpoint

Point 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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #281a20 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/281a20-c49ca9-62cb6b-2d1f1f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md