Clean Beauty
Open in tool →Sage and clay on unbleached white — the nothing-to-hide palette for ingredient-led skincare.
Named color
Dark Charcoal
#333232
hex
#333232rgb
rgb(51, 50, 50)hsl
hsl(0, 1%, 20%)oklch
oklch(0.318 0.001 17.2)Relative luminance 0.0322
Dark 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 4 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Dark 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 Dark Charcoal in 9 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside Dark Charcoal, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside Dark Charcoal, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Dark Charcoal in 6 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Dark Charcoal: 9 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside Dark Charcoal, as the surface under it.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to Dark Charcoal in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface Dark Charcoal was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use Dark Charcoal
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Dark Charcoal as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.78:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.64:1 | 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 Dark Charcoal as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Dark Charcoal reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Dark Charcoal
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 #333232 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/333232-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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