Color

#2e3538

#2e3538
hex#2e3538
rgbrgb(46, 53, 56)
hslhsl(198, 10%, 20%)
oklchoklch(0.324 0.011 225.4)
Closest name: Dark Charcoal (#333232)Relative luminance 0.0341

Colors that go with #2e3538

Amber, Blue and Blush Pink 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 →

#38312e

#2e3836 · #2e3038

#382e35 · #35382e

Split-complementary

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#382e30 · #38362e

#362e38 · #38312e · #30382e

Contrast

#2e3538 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
12.48:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.68:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #67777e as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #89989f as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #9c9c9c (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (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 #2e3538 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2e3538 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2e3538
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 #2e3538 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2e3538-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md