Color
#05181e
#05181ergb(5, 24, 30)hsl(194, 71%, 7%)oklch(0.196 0.028 220.8)Colors that go with #05181e
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 #05181e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #05181e in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #05181e, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #05181e in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #05181e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside #05181e, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #05181e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #05181e in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #05181e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05181e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.17:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.16:1 | 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 #05181e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#05181e reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #05181e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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