Garden Wedding
Open in tool →Sage green, blush and a soft gold on ivory — the wedding palette of the decade, with text dark enough for an actual invitation.
Named color
After Dark
#3c3535
hex
#3c3535rgb
rgb(60, 53, 53)hsl
hsl(0, 6%, 22%)oklch
oklch(0.336 0.01 17.7)Relative luminance 0.0376
After Dark on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 2 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with After Dark
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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with After Dark in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside After Dark, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Blush put Blush Pink beside After Dark, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with After Dark in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with After Dark: 8 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Darkroom and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside After Dark, as the surface under it.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to After Dark in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface After Dark was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use After Dark
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| After Dark as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.75:1 | 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 After Dark as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
After Dark reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around After Dark
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 #3c3535 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/3c3535-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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