#281e43 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	15.48:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.36:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #7e68bb as the text (4.58:1) AAA: use #9f8ecc as the text (7.22:1) AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.6:1) AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #281e43 as the background.

Brands using this color

Sketchprimary · #2c203b · Δ1.942

Palettes built around it

8b5cf6 c4b5fd f472b6 faf7ff 2e1f47

Lavender Haze

Open in tool →

Violet and pink on lilac-white: Gen-Z friendly, while the deep plum text keeps it legible.

Playful Cool Light

Fonts for this mood

#281e43 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #281e43

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 #281e43 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/281e43-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md