Color

#42352e

#42352e
hex#42352e
rgbrgb(66, 53, 46)
hslhsl(21, 18%, 22%)
oklchoklch(0.341 0.022 49.9)
Closest name: Batch Brew (#45392f)Relative luminance 0.039

Colors that go with #42352e

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 →

#2e3b42

#422e31 · #423f2e

#2e4235 · #352e42

Split-complementary

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#2e423f · #2e3142

#31422e · #2e3b42 · #3f2e42

Contrast

#42352e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.8:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.78:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8a6f60 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #a99184 as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a1a1a1 (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42352e as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#42352e reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42352e
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 #42352e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42352e-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md