#2e282b as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	14.44:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.45:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #83727a as the text (4.65:1) AAA: use #a09299 as the text (7.07:1) AA: or shift the background to #919191 (4.58:1) AAA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2e282b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

7b5e3b 9aa27a c96f3a f9f5ee 2f2a24

Homestead

Open in tool →

Timber and olive for homes that photograph in golden hour; nothing here competes with a good listing photo.

Warm Muted FriendlyReal Estate

Fonts for this mood

#2e282b reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Neutral fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2e282b

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 #2e282b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2e282b-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md