Color

#2a242e

#2a242e
hex#2a242e
rgbrgb(42, 36, 46)
hslhsl(276, 12%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.271 0.02 311.8)
Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0195

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#282e24

#25242e · #2e242d

#2e2a24 · #242e2a

Split-complementary

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#2d2e24 · #242e25

#2e2524 · #282e24 · #242d2e

Contrast

#2a242e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.11:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.39:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #806e8c as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #9e90a7 as the text (7:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8f8f8f (4.67:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (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 #2a242e as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#2a242e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2a242e
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 #2a242e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2a242e-b99cc4-bfcb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md