#040c11 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	19.7:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.07:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #297bae as the text (4.54:1) AAA: use #459dd3 as the text (7.02:1) AA: or shift the background to #7a7a7a (4.59:1) AAA: or shift the background to #9c9c9c (7.18:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #040c11 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

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

Bold Vivid DarkFashion

cbb26a 8b83a8 b8b8c8 0a0a12 efe9dd

Midnight Luxe

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Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.

Luxury Dark Elegant

Fonts for this mood

#040c11 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 #040c11

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 #040c11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/040c11-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md