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Color
#090906
#090906
hex
#090906rgb
rgb(9, 9, 6)hsl
hsl(60, 20%, 3%)oklch
oklch(0.138 0.008 107.3)Closest name: Blackout (#0e0702)Relative luminance 0.0027
Colors that go with #090906
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 #090906 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #090906 in 16 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Pfizer's brand system and Robinhood's brand system put Blue beside #090906, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #090906 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 #090906, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Rare Beauty's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #090906, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #090906: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #090906, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #090906
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #090906 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.94:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.05:1 | 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 #090906 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#090906 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #090906
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 #090906 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/090906-bbbea2-4e94df-272d1f-f1ede9?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