#285d53 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	7.55:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	2.78:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #378173 as the text (4.55:1) AAA: use #48a896 as the text (7.32:1) AA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (4.56:1) AAA: or shift the background to #f7f7f7 (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #285d53 as the background.

Brands using this color

Neonsecondary · #285d49 · Δ1.635

Palettes built around it

7c3a1d 8a7358 2f5d50 faf6ef 2b2118

Bookshop

Open in tool →

Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.

Editorial Warm Elegant

Fonts for this mood

#285d53 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #285d53

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #285d53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/285d53-a2bebc-d459ab-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md