Chalkboard
Open in tool →Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Color
#282b22
#282b22
hex
#282b22rgb
rgb(40, 43, 34)hsl
hsl(80, 12%, 15%)oklch
oklch(0.283 0.017 122.4)Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0229
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #282b22 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.46:1 | 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 #282b22 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Homestead
Open in tool →Timber and olive for homes that photograph in golden hour; nothing here competes with a good listing photo.
Clean Beauty
Open in tool →Sage and clay on unbleached white — the nothing-to-hide palette for ingredient-led skincare.
Olive Grove
Open in tool →Olive and straw with a rust accent — Mediterranean and unhurried; good for food, wine and hospitality.
Fonts for this mood
#282b22 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #282b22
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #282b22 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/282b22-b1bea2-4e64df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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