Color

#282919

#282919
hex#282919
rgbrgb(40, 41, 25)
hslhsl(64, 24%, 13%)
oklchoklch(0.275 0.028 111.1)
Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0211

Colors that go with #282919

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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#1a1929

#292219 · #202919

#192829 · #291928

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#192029 · #221929

#192922 · #1a1929 · #291920

Contrast

#282919 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
14.77:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.42:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #75784a as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #979b5f as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8f8f8f (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #282919 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#282919 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #282919
live endpoint

Point 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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #282919 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/282919-b9bea2-4e8adf-262d1f-f1eee9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md