Color

#2c202b

#2c202b
hex#2c202b
rgbrgb(44, 32, 43)
hslhsl(305, 16%, 15%)
oklchoklch(0.262 0.027 329.1)
Closest name: Black Velvet (#222233)Relative luminance 0.0174

Colors that go with #2c202b

Charcoal, Amber 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 →

#202c21

#27202c · #2c2025

#2b2c20 · #202b2c

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#252c20 · #202c27

#2c2720 · #202c21 · #20252c

Contrast

#2c202b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.57:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.35:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #91698e as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #ab8ca9 as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8a8a8a (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.18:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2c202b 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

#2c202b reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c202b
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 #2c202b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2c202b-c19fba-8ccb62-2d1f26-eee9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md