Color

#2b4545

#2b4545
hex#2b4545
rgbrgb(43, 69, 69)
hslhsl(180, 23%, 22%)
oklchoklch(0.37 0.032 195.9)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.052

Colors that go with #2b4545

Teal, Sienna 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#452b2b

#2b4538 · #2b3845

#452b45 · #45452b

Split-complementary

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#452b38 · #45382b

#382b45 · #452b2b · #38452b

Contrast

#2b4545 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
10.29:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.04:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4f7d7d as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #659f9f as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #adadad (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d6d6d6 (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2b4545 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2b4545 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b4545
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2b4545 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2b4545-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md