Color

#284d57

#284d57
hex#284d57
rgbrgb(40, 77, 87)
hslhsl(193, 37%, 25%)
oklchoklch(0.397 0.046 217.3)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0645

Colors that go with #284d57

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 →

#573228

#28574a · #283657

#57284d · #4d5728

Split-complementary

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#572836 · #574a28

#4a2857 · #573228 · #365728

Contrast

#284d57 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.17:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.29:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #427e8f as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #5ba0b3 as the text (7.12:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (7.15:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #284d57 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#284d57 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #284d57
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 #284d57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/284d57-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md