Named color
Artist’s Charcoal
#37393ergb(55, 57, 62)hsl(223, 6%, 23%)oklch(0.345 0.009 268.4)Artist’s Charcoal 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 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Artist’s Charcoal
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 Artist’s Charcoal in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside Artist’s Charcoal, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside Artist’s Charcoal, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Artist’s Charcoal in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Artist’s Charcoal: 8 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Sweetgreen's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside Artist’s Charcoal, as the supporting colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to Artist’s Charcoal in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface Artist’s Charcoal was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use Artist’s Charcoal
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Artist’s Charcoal as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.56:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.82:1 | 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 Artist’s Charcoal as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Artist’s Charcoal reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #37393e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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