Color
#040217
#040217rgb(4, 2, 23)hsl(246, 84%, 5%)oklch(0.115 0.051 282.3)Colors that go with #040217
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 for #040217: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #040217: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #040217's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #040217 in 10 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped17 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #040217, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #040217 in 9 real palettes, including Gemstone and Circuit, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #040217, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #040217: 11 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #040217
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #040217 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.46:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.03:1 | 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 #040217 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#040217 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #040217 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/040217-a59cc4-dfa74e-271f2d-e9ecf1?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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