Color

#2d4952

#2d4952
hex#2d4952
rgbrgb(45, 73, 82)
hslhsl(195, 29%, 25%)
oklchoklch(0.387 0.037 220.2)
Closest name: Charcoal (#36454f)Relative luminance 0.0593

Colors that go with #2d4952

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

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#52372d

#2d5249 · #2d3752

#522d49 · #49522d

Split-complementary

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#522d37 · #52492d

#492d52 · #52372d · #37522d

Contrast

#2d4952 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.6:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.19:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4c7b8a as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #6b9dae as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dedede (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2d4952 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2d4952 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2d4952
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 #2d4952 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2d4952-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md