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.
Color
#080c0b
#080c0b
hex
#080c0brgb
rgb(8, 12, 11)hsl
hsl(165, 20%, 4%)oklch
oklch(0.149 0.007 179)Closest name: Black Wash (#0c0c0c)Relative luminance 0.0034
Colors that go with #080c0b
Charcoal, Amber and Blue Violet 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 #080c0b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #080c0b in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #080c0b in 6 real palettes, including Circuit and Twitch's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #080c0b in 6 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #080c0b in 7 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #080c0b in 4 real palettes, including Airtable's brand system and Cobalt Pop, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #080c0b in 8 real palettes, including Atelier and Bramble, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #080c0b in 8 real palettes, including Coinbase's brand system and Tabloid — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #080c0b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #080c0b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.67:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.07:1 | 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 #080c0b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Streetwear
Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Noir Beauty
Open in tool →Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.
Fonts for this mood
#080c0b reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #080c0b
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 #080c0b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/080c0b-a2beba-d459b3-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md