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
#2b252d
#2b252d
hex
#2b252drgb
rgb(43, 37, 45)hsl
hsl(285, 10%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.274 0.017 317.7)Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.0203
Colors that go with #2b252d
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 #2b252d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2b252d in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #2b252d, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #2b252d 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 #2b252d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #2b252d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #2b252d in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2b252d: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2b252d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b252d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.94:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.41:1 | 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 #2b252d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.556
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.622
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.622
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ1.677
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.703
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.782
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.782
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.782
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.782
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.782
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.806
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.834
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.834
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.876
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.991
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2b252d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b252d
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 #2b252d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2b252d-bc9fc1-afcb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?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