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
#090606
#090606
hex
#090606rgb
rgb(9, 6, 6)hsl
hsl(0, 20%, 3%)oklch
oklch(0.127 0.007 18.1)Closest name: Black Metal (#060606)Relative luminance 0.002
Colors that go with #090606
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 #090606 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #090606 in 15 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped17 real palettes, including Pfizer's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #090606, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #090606 in 10 real palettes, including Circuit and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #090606, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #090606, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #090606: 14 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #090606: 4 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Atelier, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #090606
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #090606 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.19:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.04:1 | 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 #090606 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Oreotext · #0b0505 · Δ0.683
- Webflowtext · #080808 · Δ0.984
- Riot Gamesprimary · #050505 · Δ1.382
- M&M'sprimary · #040607 · Δ1.451
- M&M'stext · #040607 · Δ1.451
- Buntext · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
- Framertext · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
- MetaMaskprimary · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
- MetaMasktext · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
- Pfizerprimary · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
- Pfizertext · #0a0a0a · Δ1.889
Palettes built around it
Streetwear
Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Laser
Open in tool →Laser green, violet and cyan — the synthwave/gaming set; keep the type near-white and let one neon own each screen.
Fonts for this mood
#090606 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #090606
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 #090606 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/090606-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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