Color

#283b43

#283b43
hex#283b43
rgbrgb(40, 59, 67)
hslhsl(198, 25%, 21%)
oklchoklch(0.339 0.028 226)
Closest name: Astral Nomad (#203943)Relative luminance 0.0398

Colors that go with #283b43

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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#433028

#28433e · #282e43

#43283b · #3b4328

Split-complementary

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#43282e · #433e28

#3e2843 · #433028 · #2e4328

Contrast

#283b43 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.69:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.8:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #547b8c as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #769cad as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #283b43 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#283b43 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #283b43
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 #283b43 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/283b43-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md