Color

#2a282a

#2a282a
hex#2a282a
rgbrgb(42, 40, 42)
hslhsl(300, 2%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.28 0.005 325.7)
Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0218

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#282a28

#29282a · #2a2829

#2a2a28 · #282a2a

Split-complementary

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#292a28 · #282a29

#2a2928 · #282a28 · #28292a

Contrast

#2a282a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
14.63:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.44:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #787378 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #999499 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8f8f8f (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (7.13:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2a282a as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#2a282a reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2a282a
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 #2a282a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2a282a-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md