Color

#2e281a

#2e281a
hex#2e281a
rgbrgb(46, 40, 26)
hslhsl(42, 28%, 14%)
oklchoklch(0.279 0.026 87.4)
Closest name: Bitter Liquorice (#262926)Relative luminance 0.0217

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#1a202e

#2e1e1a · #2a2e1a

#1a2e28 · #281a2e

Split-complementary

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#1a2a2e · #1e1a2e

#1a2e1e · #1a202e · #2e1a2a

Contrast

#2e281a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
14.64:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.43:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #86744b as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #a99566 as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8f8f8f (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (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 #2e281a as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#2e281a reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2e281a
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2e281a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2e281a-c4bc9c-62b4cb-2b2d1f-f1ebe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md