Color
#2b2d11
#2b2d11rgb(43, 45, 17)hsl(64, 45%, 12%)oklch(0.288 0.045 112.6)Colors that go with #2b2d11
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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 body-text near-black for #2b2d11: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #2b2d11: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #2b2d11's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #2b2d11 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #2b2d11 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2b2d11 in 17 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped20 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #2b2d11, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #2b2d11 in 5 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #2b2d11
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b2d11 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.13:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.49:1 | 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 #2b2d11 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#2b2d11 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #2b2d11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2b2d11-b9bea2-4e8adf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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