Color

#284953

#284953
hex#284953
rgbrgb(40, 73, 83)
hslhsl(194, 35%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.384 0.042 219.4)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.0584

Colors that go with #284953

Steel Blue, Teal and Sienna 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 →

#533228

#285347 · #283353

#532849 · #495328

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#532833 · #534728

#472853 · #533228 · #335328

Contrast

#284953 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.69:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.17:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #447c8d as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #61a0b3 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dedede (7.2:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #284953 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#284953 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #284953
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 #284953 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/284953-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md