Color
Liquorice
#0a0502rgb(10, 5, 2)hsl(23, 67%, 2%)oklch(0.122 0.016 63.8)Colors that go with Liquorice
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 Liquorice without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Liquorice in 15 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside Liquorice, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Liquorice in 9 real palettes, including Circuit and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Garnet put Brown beside Liquorice, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside Liquorice, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Liquorice: 13 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Liquorice: 4 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Atelier, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Liquorice
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Liquorice as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.28:1 | 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 Liquorice as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Liquorice reads as warm, 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 #0a0502 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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