Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#28262c
#28262c
hex
#28262crgb
rgb(40, 38, 44)hsl
hsl(260, 7%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.273 0.011 300.8)Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0202
Colors that go with #28262c
Charcoal, Amber and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #28262c without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #28262c in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #28262c, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #28262c in 9 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #28262c, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #28262c, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #28262c in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #28262c: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and SoFi's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #28262c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28262c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #28262c as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ0.917
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.928
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.928
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ0.988
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.186
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.186
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.219
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.219
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.219
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.219
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.219
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.354
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.362
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.369
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.453
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.453
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.453
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.475
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.475
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.634
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.662
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.662
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.713
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.812
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.977
Palettes built around it
Mid-Century
Open in tool →Tangerine, teal and mustard on cream — the 1960s lounge trio, one of the few retro palettes with real hue contrast.
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Oatmeal
Open in tool →Four warm greys from bark to oat — the neutral palette that photographs well and never argues with a product shot.
Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Fonts for this mood
#28262c reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #28262c
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #28262c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/28262c-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md