Color

#2b504a

#2b504a
hex#2b504a
rgbrgb(43, 80, 74)
hslhsl(170, 30%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.402 0.044 182.4)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0675

Colors that go with #2b504a

Teal, Blue and Blush Pink 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

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#502b31

#2b5037 · #2b4350

#492b50 · #50492b

Split-complementary

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#502b43 · #50372b

#372b50 · #502b31 · #43502b

Contrast

#2b504a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.94:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.35:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #468177 as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #57a296 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (7.16:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2b504a 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

#2b504a reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b504a
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 #2b504a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2b504a-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md