#040e11 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	19.52:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.08:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #247e99 as the text (4.52:1) AAA: use #2fa3c6 as the text (7.18:1) AA: or shift the background to #7a7a7a (4.55:1) AAA: or shift the background to #9c9c9c (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #040e11 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

3fb950 58a6ff f778ba 0b0f14 e6edf3

Terminal

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Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.

Technical Dark Modern

d4af37 8a8a8a c0392b 0d0d0d f5f5f5

Noir Beauty

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Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.

Dark Luxury BoldBeauty

Fonts for this mood

#040e11 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 #040e11

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 #040e11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/040e11-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md