Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#283539
#283539
hex
#283539rgb
rgb(40, 53, 57)hsl
hsl(194, 18%, 19%)oklch
oklch(0.319 0.019 218.5)Closest name: Aztec (#293432)Relative luminance 0.0329
Colors that go with #283539
Amber, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #283539 in 9 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #283539, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #283539, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #283539 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #283539: 9 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Sweetgreen's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #283539, as the supporting colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #283539 in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #283539 was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #283539 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.66:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.66:1 | 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 #283539 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Audiprimary · #2c343f · Δ1.425
- Bloombergsecondary · #2b333f · Δ1.549
- Hermèsaccent · #2b333f · Δ1.549
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentsecondary · #2b333f · Δ1.549
- Dockerprimary · #2c333f · Δ1.605
- Vimeosecondary · #23313b · Δ1.769
- Asanaprimary · #273240 · Δ1.889
- Minecraftprimary · #313131 · Δ1.958
- Minecrafttext · #313131 · Δ1.958
- Raycasttext · #2f3031 · Δ1.97
Palettes built around it
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 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 #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=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md