Bookshop
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
#30220d
#30220d
hex
#30220drgb
rgb(48, 34, 13)hsl
hsl(36, 57%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.264 0.04 75.6)Closest name: Close but No Cigar (#361d0a)Relative luminance 0.018
Colors that go with #30220d
Charcoal, Sienna and Slate Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #30220d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #30220d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #30220d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #30220d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #30220d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #30220d in 18 real palettes, including Maple and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #30220d, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #30220d in 8 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #30220d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #30220d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.44:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.36:1 | 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 #30220d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Cider
Open in tool →Rust, honey and a moss green on cream — the orchard palette; the green keeps it from being all one temperature.
Citrus Grove
Open in tool →Orange, lime leaf and lemon — a citrus palette that reads fresh, for drinks, produce and anything seasonal.
Fonts for this mood
#30220d reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #30220d
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 #30220d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/30220d-c4b99c-62bfcb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md