Homestead
Open in tool →Timber and olive for homes that photograph in golden hour; nothing here competes with a good listing photo.
Color
#2b2e23
#2b2e23
hex
#2b2e23rgb
rgb(43, 46, 35)hsl
hsl(76, 14%, 16%)oklch
oklch(0.294 0.02 120)Closest name: Marshland (#2b2e26)Relative luminance 0.0259
Colors that go with #2b2e23
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 #2b2e23 in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #2b2e23, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #2b2e23 in 5 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Blush put Blush Pink beside #2b2e23, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #2b2e23 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2b2e23: 10 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #2b2e23, as the surface under it.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #2b2e23 was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #2b2e23
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b2e23 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.52:1 | 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 #2b2e23 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Clean Beauty
Open in tool →Sage and clay on unbleached white — the nothing-to-hide palette for ingredient-led skincare.
Olive Grove
Open in tool →Olive and straw with a rust accent — Mediterranean and unhurried; good for food, wine and hospitality.
Mushroom
Open in tool →Taupe, oat and a sage accent — the quiet earth palette: almost neutral, with just enough colour to feel alive.
Fonts for this mood
#2b2e23 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b2e23
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 #2b2e23 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2b2e23-b3bea2-4e6edf-232d1f-f1efe9?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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