Color

#28484d

#28484d
hex#28484d
rgbrgb(40, 72, 77)
hslhsl(188, 32%, 23%)
oklchoklch(0.379 0.039 208.4)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.0562

Colors that go with #28484d

Steel Blue, Rust 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 →

#4d2d28

#284d40 · #28364d

#4d2848 · #484d28

Split-complementary

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#4d2836 · #4d4028

#40284d · #4d2d28 · #364d28

Contrast

#28484d as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.89:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.12:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #457e87 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #5da1ac as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (7:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #28484d as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#28484d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #28484d
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 #28484d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/28484d-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md