Color

#283539

#283539
hex#283539
rgbrgb(40, 53, 57)
hslhsl(194, 18%, 19%)
oklchoklch(0.319 0.019 218.5)
Closest name: Aztec (#293432)Relative luminance 0.0329

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#392c28

#283935 · #282c39

#392835 · #353928

Split-complementary

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#39282c · #393528

#352839 · #392c28 · #2c3928

Contrast

#283539 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
12.66:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.66:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5c7b84 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #7e9ca5 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #9c9c9c (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #283539 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#283539 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #283539
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 #283539 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/283539-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md