Sorbet
Open in tool →Peach, apricot and baby blue on white — a soft consumer-app palette that still gets AA text from a single dark ink.
Named color
Anthracite
#28282d
hex
#28282drgb
rgb(40, 40, 45)hsl
hsl(240, 6%, 17%)oklch
oklch(0.279 0.009 285.8)Relative luminance 0.0216
Anthracite 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 35 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Anthracite
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against Anthracite without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Anthracite in 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside Anthracite, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Anthracite in 7 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside Anthracite, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside Anthracite, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Anthracite in 5 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Anthracite: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Anthracite
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Anthracite as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.67:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.43:1 | 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 Anthracite as the background.
Brands using this color
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ0.678
- Loomtext · #292a2e · Δ0.711
- Readymagtext · #282828 · Δ0.933
- YouTubesecondary · #282828 · Δ0.933
- McDonald'stext · #292929 · Δ0.934
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ0.973
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ0.973
- Gilletteprimary · #2b2929 · Δ1.051
- Gillettetext · #2b2929 · Δ1.051
- Squarespaceprimary · #2a2a2a · Δ1.099
- Superhumantext · #292827 · Δ1.113
- Fenty Beautyprimary · #2d2929 · Δ1.27
- Fenty Beautytext · #2d2929 · Δ1.27
- Chevroletprimary · #262626 · Δ1.372
- Chevrolettext · #262626 · Δ1.372
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.372
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.372
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.372
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.398
- Rotten Tomatoesprimary · #2a2c32 · Δ1.506
- Astrotext · #2c2c2c · Δ1.691
- Operaaccent · #252836 · Δ1.736
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.783
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.783
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.783
- Headspacetext · #2d2c2b · Δ1.855
Palettes built around it
Mid-Century
Open in tool →Tangerine, teal and mustard on cream — the 1960s lounge trio, one of the few retro palettes with real hue contrast.
Typewriter
Open in tool →Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Oatmeal
Open in tool →Four warm greys from bark to oat — the neutral palette that photographs well and never argues with a product shot.
Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Fonts for this mood
Anthracite reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Anthracite
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 #28282d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/28282d-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.
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