#040b08 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	19.88:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.06:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #2f835f as the text (4.53:1) AAA: use #3da97a as the text (7.15:1) AA: or shift the background to #787878 (4.5:1) AAA: or shift the background to #9c9c9c (7.24:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #040b08 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

7c3aed 0a0a0a 06b6d4 ffffff

Circuit

Open in tool →

Violet plus cyan is the current AI-product signal — pair it with pure black type to keep it from going candy.

Technical Vivid Bold

ff3b30 ffffff ffe600 0a0a0a

Streetwear

Open in tool →

Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.

Bold Vivid DarkFashion

Fonts for this mood

#040b08 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #040b08

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 #040b08 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/040b08-a2beb5-d459ca-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md