#281b21 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	16.55:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.27:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #98677e as the text (4.58:1) AAA: use #b18c9d as the text (7.11:1) AA: or shift the background to #878787 (4.61:1) AAA: or shift the background to #ababab (7.21:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #281b21 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#281b21 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Editorial fonts →Elegant fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #281b21

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 #281b21 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/281b21-c49caa-62cb67-2d1f20-f1e9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md