Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Color
#29252d
#29252d
hex
#29252drgb
rgb(41, 37, 45)hsl
hsl(270, 10%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.272 0.016 307.8)Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0198
Colors that go with #29252d
Charcoal, Amber 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #29252d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #29252d in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #29252d, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #29252d in 9 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #29252d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #29252d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #29252d in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #29252d: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and SoFi's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #29252d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #29252d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.4:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #29252d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.241
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.358
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.358
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.382
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.603
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.603
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.603
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.603
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.603
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.632
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.632
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.69
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.69
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.69
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.69
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.746
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.775
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.793
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.842
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.842
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.961
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.965
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.965
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#29252d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #29252d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #29252d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/29252d-b59cc4-c9cb62-2c1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md