Color

#42392e

#42392e
hex#42392e
rgbrgb(66, 57, 46)
hslhsl(33, 18%, 22%)
oklchoklch(0.351 0.022 72.6)
Closest name: Batch Brew (#45392f)Relative luminance 0.0428

Colors that go with #42392e

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 →

#2e3742

#422f2e · #41422e

#2e4239 · #392e42

Split-complementary

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#2e4142 · #2f2e42

#2e422f · #2e3742 · #422e41

Contrast

#42392e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.31:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.86:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #84725c as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #a5937e as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a6a6a6 (4.65:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #cccccc (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42392e as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#42392e reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42392e
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 #42392e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42392e-c4b79c-62c4cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md