Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Color
#11140a
#11140a
hex
#11140argb
rgb(17, 20, 10)hsl
hsl(78, 33%, 6%)oklch
oklch(0.184 0.02 121.9)Closest name: King Kong (#161410)Relative luminance 0.0064
Colors that go with #11140a
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 #11140a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #11140a in 18 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and EA's brand system put Blue beside #11140a, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #11140a in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Garnet put Brown beside #11140a, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #11140a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #11140a in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #11140a: 10 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #11140a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #11140a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.61:1 | 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 #11140a as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#11140a reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #11140a
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 #11140a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/11140a-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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