#383838 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	11.73:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.79:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #757575 as the text (4.56:1) AAA: use #969696 as the text (7.1:1) AA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (4.54:1) AAA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #383838 as the background.

Brands using this color

Notiontext · #37352f · Δ1.588

Fonts for this mood

#383838 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 #383838

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 #383838 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/383838-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md