Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#05151e
#05151e
hex
#05151ergb
rgb(5, 21, 30)hsl
hsl(202, 71%, 7%)oklch
oklch(0.186 0.029 234.5)Closest name: Midnight Edition (#0c121b)Relative luminance 0.0066
Colors that go with #05151e
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 #05151e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #05151e in 15 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped21 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside #05151e, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #05151e in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #05151e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside #05151e, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #05151e in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #05151e: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #05151e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05151e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.54:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.13:1 | 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 #05151e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#05151e reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #05151e
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #05151e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/05151e-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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