Color
#12020e
#12020ergb(18, 2, 14)hsl(315, 80%, 4%)oklch(0.133 0.044 336.8)Colors that go with #12020e
Charcoal, Crimson and Sea Green 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 body-text near-black for #12020e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #12020e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #12020e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #12020e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #12020e in 15 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped17 real palettes, including Pfizer's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #12020e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #12020e in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Circuit, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Garnet put Brown beside #12020e, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #12020e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12020e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.18:1 | 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 #12020e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#12020e 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 #12020e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/12020e-c19fb4-7bcb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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