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Open in tool →Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.
Color
#2d5849
#2d5849
hex
#2d5849rgb
rgb(45, 88, 73)hsl
hsl(159, 32%, 26%)oklch
oklch(0.424 0.055 168.9)Closest name: Hunter (#33534b)Relative luminance 0.0802
Colors that go with #2d5849
Blue, Cadet Blue and Copper 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #2d5849, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2d5849: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #2d5849: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2d5849 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and MAC Cosmetics's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2d5849: 5 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #2d5849 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and CircleCI's brand system, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2d5849: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #2d5849: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #2d5849
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2d5849 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.07:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.6:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2d5849 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2d5849 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2d5849
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #2d5849 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2d5849-a2beb8-d459c0-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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