Sorbet
Open in tool →Peach, apricot and baby blue on white — a soft consumer-app palette that still gets AA text from a single dark ink.
Color
#2a272b
#2a272b
hex
#2a272brgb
rgb(42, 39, 43)hsl
hsl(285, 5%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.278 0.008 317.7)Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0212
Colors that go with #2a272b
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 #2a272b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2a272b in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #2a272b, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #2a272b 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 #2a272b, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #2a272b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #2a272b in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2a272b: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2a272b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a272b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.75:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.42:1 | 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 #2a272b as the background.
Brands using this color
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ0.844
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ0.844
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ0.908
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ0.921
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ0.921
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ0.925
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ0.948
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ0.996
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.072
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.072
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.111
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.111
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.126
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.227
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.227
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.227
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.227
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.227
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.38
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.771
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.799
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.854
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.854
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.854
- Headspacetext · #2d2c2b · Δ1.88
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.917
Palettes built around it
Mushroom
Open in tool →Taupe, oat and a sage accent — the quiet earth palette: almost neutral, with just enough colour to feel alive.
Mid-Century
Open in tool →Tangerine, teal and mustard on cream — the 1960s lounge trio, one of the few retro palettes with real hue contrast.
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Oatmeal
Open in tool →Four warm greys from bark to oat — the neutral palette that photographs well and never argues with a product shot.
Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Fonts for this mood
#2a272b reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2a272b
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 #2a272b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2a272b-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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