#282525 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	15.2:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.38:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #7d7373 as the text (4.57:1) AAA: use #9d9595 as the text (7.17:1) 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 #282525 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

5f8460 a8896a c6633f fbf7f2 2a2320

Wellness

Open in tool →

Sage and terracotta feel natural and calm — the anti-hospital palette for wellbeing brands.

Warm Muted FriendlyHealth

ff5e5b 00cecb ffed66 ffffff 222222

Crayon Box

Open in tool →

Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.

Playful Vivid FriendlyKids

Fonts for this mood

#282525 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Neutral fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #282525

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 #282525 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/282525-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md