Color

#282136

#282136
hex#282136
rgbrgb(40, 33, 54)
hslhsl(260, 24%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.266 0.039 299)
Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0181

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#2f3621

#212436 · #322136

#362821 · #213628

Split-complementary

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#363221 · #243621

#362124 · #2f3621 · #213632

Contrast

#282136 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.43:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.36:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #806ea6 as the text (4.7:1)
  • AAA: use #9f90bb as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #282136 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#282136 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #282136
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 #282136 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/282136-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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