Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Color
#2a5042
#2a5042
hex
#2a5042rgb
rgb(42, 80, 66)hsl
hsl(158, 31%, 24%)oklch
oklch(0.398 0.05 168)Closest name: Hunter (#33534b)Relative luminance 0.0662
Colors that go with #2a5042
Teal, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #2a5042's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #2a5042, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #2a5042, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #2a5042: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2a5042 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2a5042: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Warp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2a5042: 7 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2a5042: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2a5042
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a5042 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.32:1 | 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 #2a5042 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2a5042 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2a5042
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 #2a5042 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2a5042-a2beb7-d459c2-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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