Color

#2d4853

#2d4853
hex#2d4853
rgbrgb(45, 72, 83)
hslhsl(197, 30%, 25%)
oklchoklch(0.385 0.038 225.6)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.0582

Colors that go with #2d4853

Steel Blue, Teal and Sienna 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 →

#53372d

#2d534b · #2d3553

#532d48 · #48532d

Split-complementary

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#532d35 · #534b2d

#4b2d53 · #53372d · #35532d

Contrast

#2d4853 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.71:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.16:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4d7c8f as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #6d9db0 as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2d4853 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2d4853 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2d4853
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 #2d4853 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2d4853-9cb4c4-df4e6b-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md