Color

#282140

#282140
hex#282140
rgbrgb(40, 33, 64)
hslhsl(254, 32%, 19%)
oklchoklch(0.272 0.057 292.6)
Closest name: Midnight Velvet (#2a2243)Relative luminance 0.0191

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#394021

#212940 · #382140

#402821 · #214028

Split-complementary

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#403821 · #294021

#402129 · #394021 · #214038

Contrast

#282140 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.2:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.38:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7c6bb3 as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #9c90c6 as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #282140 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#282140 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #282140
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 #282140 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/282140-aa9cc4-dfbb4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md