Color
#04040b
#04040brgb(4, 4, 11)hsl(240, 47%, 3%)oklch(0.112 0.02 282.7)Colors that go with #04040b
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 #04040b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #04040b in 16 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped42 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #04040b, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #04040b in 11 real palettes, including Circuit and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Rare Beauty's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #04040b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #04040b in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #04040b, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #04040b: 24 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #04040b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #04040b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.44:1 | 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 #04040b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#04040b reads as cool, 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 #04040b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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