Color

#42382e

#42382e
hex#42382e
rgbrgb(66, 56, 46)
hslhsl(30, 18%, 22%)
oklchoklch(0.348 0.022 67)
Closest name: Batch Brew (#45392f)Relative luminance 0.0418

Colors that go with #42382e

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 →

#2e3842

#422e2e · #42422e

#2e4238 · #382e42

Split-complementary

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#2e4242 · #2e2e42

#2e422e · #2e3842 · #422e42

Contrast

#42382e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.43:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.84:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #87735e as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #a79481 as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a3a3a3 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #cccccc (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 #42382e as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#42382e reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42382e
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 #42382e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42382e-c4b59c-62c9cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md