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
#2b292e
#2b292e
hex
#2b292ergb
rgb(43, 41, 46)hsl
hsl(264, 6%, 17%)oklch
oklch(0.285 0.009 303.9)Closest name: Anthracite (#28282d)Relative luminance 0.023
Colors that go with #2b292e
Amber, Blue and Blue Violet 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2b292e 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 #2b292e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #2b292e in 6 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Blush and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #2b292e, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #2b292e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #2b292e in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2b292e: 10 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #2b292e was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #2b292e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b292e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.46:1 | 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 #2b292e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ0.47
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ0.926
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ0.926
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ0.943
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ0.961
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ0.961
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ1.029
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.047
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.242
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ1.25
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ1.25
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.282
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.325
- Headspacetext · #2d2c2b · Δ1.397
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.625
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.625
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.894
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.894
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.894
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.894
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.894
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.911
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.
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
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
#2b292e reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b292e
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 #2b292e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2b292e-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.
Machine-readable: color.md