#004242 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	11.3:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.86:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #008585 as the text (4.69:1) AAA: use #00a8a8 as the text (7.17:1) AA: or shift the background to #a6a6a6 (4.64:1) 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 #004242 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#004242 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #004242

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #004242 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/004242-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md