Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#111009
#111009
hex
#111009rgb
rgb(17, 16, 9)hsl
hsl(53, 31%, 5%)oklch
oklch(0.172 0.014 100.9)Closest name: Sinister (#12110e)Relative luminance 0.0051
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #111009 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.06:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.1:1 | 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 #111009 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Robinhoodtext · #110e08 · Δ0.746
- Wisetext · #0e0f0c · Δ1.004
- American Expresstext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Behancetext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Calmtext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Intercomtext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Klarna UStext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Mirotext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Paddletext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- PayPaltext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Plaidtext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- PostHogtext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Reddittext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Remixtext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Replittext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Verceltext · #111111 · Δ1.51
- Asanatext · #0d0d0d · Δ1.875
- Rendertext · #0d0d0d · Δ1.875
- Twitchtext · #0e0e10 · Δ1.933
- Lineartext · #0d0e10 · Δ1.999
Palettes built around it
Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Noir Beauty
Open in tool →Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Fonts for this mood
#111009 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #111009
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #111009 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/111009-c4c49c-4ea5df-292d1f-f1ece9?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