Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#111c19
#111c19
hex
#111c19rgb
rgb(17, 28, 25)hsl
hsl(164, 24%, 9%)oklch
oklch(0.215 0.017 175.9)Closest name: Black Stallion (#0e191c)Relative luminance 0.0102
Colors that go with #111c19
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 #111c19 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #111c19 in 18 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Signal's brand system put Blue beside #111c19, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #111c19 in 10 real palettes, including Yahoo's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #111c19, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #111c19, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #111c19, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #111c19 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #111c19
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #111c19 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.44:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.2:1 | 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 #111c19 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.617
- Fitbitprimary · #191c1d · Δ1.642
- Fitbittext · #191c1d · Δ1.642
- CVSprimary · #1a1a19 · Δ1.652
- CVStext · #1a1a19 · Δ1.652
- Huaweitext · #191919 · Δ1.693
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.693
- Pumaprimary · #191919 · Δ1.693
- Pumatext · #191919 · Δ1.693
- Hingetext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Louis Vuittonprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Louis Vuittontext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Spectrumprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Spectrumtext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Warner Bros.primary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Warner Bros.text · #1a1a1a · Δ1.716
- Yahooprimary · #1a1919 · Δ1.835
- Yahootext · #1a1919 · Δ1.835
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ1.841
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ1.841
- Logitechprimary · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- Logitechtext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- N26text · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- NASAtext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- Signalprimary · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- Signaltext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.844
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.873
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.873
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.873
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.891
- Gustoprimary · #1c1b1a · Δ1.958
- Gustotext · #1c1b1a · Δ1.958
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.966
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.967
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.967
Palettes built around it
Ink & Paper
Open in tool →Two greys and one ink-blue link color: the palette of a well-set book page.
Studio Grey
Open in tool →A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.
Fireside
Open in tool →Cranberry, pine and brass on a charcoal night — the holiday palette without the clichés, because the surface is cold.
Fonts for this mood
#111c19 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #111c19
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 #111c19 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/111c19-a2beba-d459b5-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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