Color
#05140a
#05140argb(5, 20, 10)hsl(140, 60%, 5%)oklch(0.173 0.03 154.3)Colors that go with #05140a
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Rust 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 #05140a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #05140a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #05140a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #05140a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #05140a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #05140a in 18 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped20 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #05140a, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #05140a in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #05140a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05140a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.9:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.11:1 | 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 #05140a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#05140a reads as vivid, 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 #05140a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/05140a-a2beaf-c259d4-1f2d2a-ebf1e9?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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