Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#08151c
#08151c
hex
#08151crgb
rgb(8, 21, 28)hsl
hsl(201, 56%, 7%)oklch
oklch(0.187 0.023 233.2)Closest name: Midnight Edition (#0c121b)Relative luminance 0.0067
Colors that go with #08151c
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 #08151c without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #08151c in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped21 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside #08151c, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #08151c 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 #08151c, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside #08151c, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #08151c, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #08151c in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #08151c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #08151c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.51:1 | 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 #08151c as the background.
Brands using this color
- Kiaprimary · #05141f · Δ0.948
- Kiatext · #05141f · Δ0.948
- MongoDBtext · #061621 · Δ1.003
- Monzotext · #091723 · Δ1.495
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ1.501
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.889
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.889
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.916
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ1.931
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ1.931
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.959
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.959
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#08151c reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #08151c
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 #08151c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/08151c-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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