Color

#284a52

#284a52
hex#284a52
rgbrgb(40, 74, 82)
hslhsl(191, 34%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.387 0.042 214.6)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0596

Colors that go with #284a52

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 →

#523028

#285245 · #283652

#52284a · #4a5228

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#522836 · #524528

#452852 · #523028 · #365228

Contrast

#284a52 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.58:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.19:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #457f8c as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #5b9fae as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dedede (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #284a52 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#284a52 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #284a52
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 #284a52 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/284a52-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md